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A web accelerator is a proxy server that reduces web site access times. Web accelerators may use several techniques to achieve this reduction:

  • They may cache recently or frequently accessed documents so they may be sent to the client with less latency or at a faster transfer rate than the remote server could.
  • They may compress documents to a smaller size, for example by reducing the quality of images.
  • They may filter out unnecessary documents so they are not sent to the client at all.

References

  • "CRPUD Web Accelerator". CRPUD Internet Service. April 16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  • "Opera Mobile Accelerator". Opera for Mobile. April 16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)

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