Web accelerator

(1) See CDN.

(2) Software that speeds up the retrieval of Web pages. Anticipating that a user might click a link on the current page, it downloads the linked pages in the background. Most of these utilities require nothing more than the browser, while others require a counterpart component in the server.

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When Google's 19 million daily users look up a long-lost classmate, send email or bounce around the web more quickly with its new Web Accelerator, records of that activity don't go away.

Google's internet activity could be a tempting target for privacy abuse

SlipStream's web accelerator technologies compress, optimize and streamline web content after it leaves the server, providing a dramatic improvement in web-surfing speed, which is important for dial-up users who either don't have access to high-speed cable or DSL services, or don't want to pay the higher prices charged for broadband services.

SlipStream technology helps major ISP achieve success with accelerated dial-up Internet access

Modem Booster 3.0, is a Web Accelerator designed to increase modem speed and performance to achieve up to 300% increase.

Modem Booster 3.0. (Tools)

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