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Authors:
James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross
Chapter:
Application Layer
Exercise:
Review
Question:13 | ISBN:9780132856201 | Edition: 6

Question

Describe how Web caching can reduce the delay in receiving a requested object. Will Web caching reduce the delay for all objects requested by a user or for only some of the objects? Why?

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Answer

Web caching can bring the desired content “closer” to the user, possibly to the same LAN to which the user’s host is connected. Web caching can reduce the delay for all objects, even objects that are not cached, since caching reduces the traffic on links.

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