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{{Refimprove|date=May 2014}}A '''web accelerator''' is a [[proxy server]] that reduces [[web site]] [[access time]]. They can be a self-contained hardware appliance or installable software.

Web accelerators may be installed on the client computer or mobile device, on ISP servers, on the server computer/network, or a combination. Accelerating delivery through compression requires some type of host-based server to collect, compress and then deliver content to a client computer.