October 2010
Intermediate to advanced
456 pages
10h 16m
English
Requests and responses may pass through proxies on their way between server and browser. These proxies have the ability to cache content, which can then be used to serve requests from other visitors. For example, your ISP may use a proxy to cache content. Hence, it needs to send fewer requests over the Internet, as shown in the diagram below:

Having a proxy cache a response for you gives the following advantages:
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