Larry Masinter writes: > I re-read my mail from yesterday, and realized that I never defined > 'cache-busting'. Here's an attempt: > > ================================================================ > cache busting: > any of a variety of techniques employed by origin servers to > prevent an intermediate cache from supplying the same data twice (to > the same or different users) merely for the purpose of gathering > accurate 'hit' data. > > Cache-busting reduces the value of the techniques the HTTP working > group is developing to make caching in the Internet more effective, > which might in turn result in greater efficiency of the network and > more responsive Internet access, especially across saturated > trans-ocean internet links. > > ================================================================ > Larry > > For the etymologists among us, does anyone know where this term originated? --ShelReceived on Friday, 29 November 1996 12:49:27 UTC
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