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Web Caches

A very advanced topic, for server developers who want to speed up their Web servers. Caching will help speed up frequently accessed pages. Web caching is a tool to improve the performance of Web servers. Caches store the Web pages in a central place and only update them every once in a while. They make the pages appear to load faster, while sacrificing timeliness.
Manipulating the Cache
Caching helps speed up a page, but can prevent content from staying up-to-date. Web developers can control this caching.
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