We have all heard about a cache, usually in terms of things like a secret cache of weapons. It means placing things in storage of something that may be useful in the future. That is exactly what a browser cache is, but it stores website assets. When you visit a website, the browser takes parts of that page and stores them on your computer’s hard drive. This can include things like images, logos, pictures, HTML, and other code from that page. Basically, parts of the page that do not usually change from one site visit to the next . This is done so that when you return to the page, these stored assets do not have to be downloaded for you to see them; they get called from your hard drive. Depending on your browser and its settings, this could be stored for up to a year. THE BENEFITS OF CACHING You Might also like to read our other blogs When you go to a website for the first time your computer communicates with the server hosting the website. The HTML is downloaded; this is the ...
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