Firstly, apologies if this is not the correct forum for my question. I couldn't decide where to put it.<BR><BR>I have a ~10 computer 100Mbit LAN at home, with a FreeBSD gateway running squid (WWW ...

A caching proxy server is a computer system or application that accepts requests for Web objects-such as Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) pages, images and scripts-and passes them on to a real Web ...

Caching servers commonly deployed with big-name services will often cache the incorrect page content, including personal details, when the user accesses a non-existent resource, such as CSS or ...

Web caching is the practice of storing frequently requested - but infrequently changed - pages, images and other Web objects on a nearby server or even a user's PC.

For all of its virtual connotations, the Internet depends entirely upon its physical infrastructure to move information around. And the physical distance from server to end user leaves plenty of time ...