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Occasionally Connected Computing or OCC is a term used in computing for an architecture or framework which permits running some aspects of a web application when not connected to the internet. This is sometimes a feature of a Rich Internet Application or RIA.

Software architecture

Occasionally Connected Computing is a software architecture based on the idea that an end user should be able to continue working with an internet application even when temporarily disconnected or when a wireless connection fails or is otherwise unavailable. OCC has been seen as one aspect of 'pervasive computing'. In the past, audio and visual telephony no longer functioned when a connection was lost. In an OCC architecture, tasks continue and update a central data store when a connection is restored. Client-side persistent data (CSPD), while not permanent data as in a central data store, are a common implementation of an OCC framework on non-handheld devices such as personal comuters and laptop computers. As the local data store on PDA's commonly exceeds several Gigabytes, OCC becomes more viable for handheld devices.

OCC Frameworks and Implementations

In the case of the [[Curl language an alternate URI scheme is used to identify a resource which is to be used for OCC. Where a normal HTTP URL might be 

{url "http://www.your-office.com/your-site.php" }

an OCC URI might be 

{url "curl://occ/reconnect-as-needed" }

Such a URI redirects to the web when connected and to the local store when disconnected.

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