Whenever websites deliver major announcements, ticket drops, or breaking news, they often struggle to handle the sudden surge in traffic. Pages stall, transactions fail, and operations teams race to ...

Dynamic information that changes regularly or for each user request and serves no purpose if it were cached. Web pages that return the results of a search are non-cacheable, because their contents are ...

Suppose a coworker asks you for a list of all the countries in the world. Because you are no geography expert, you surf over to the United Nations Website, download the list, and print it out for her.

Static information that does not change very often and can be cached. Contrast with non-cacheable content. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.