A web accelerator is a proxy server that reduces web site access times. Web accelerators may use several techniques to achieve this reduction:
- They may cache recently or frequently accessed documents so they may be sent to the client with less latency or at a faster transfer rate than the remote server could.
- They may compress documents to a smaller size, for example by reducing the quality of images.
- They may filter out unnecessary documents so they are not sent to the client at all.
References
- "CRPUD Web Accelerator". CRPUD Internet Service. April 16.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=and|year=/|date=mismatch (help) - "Opera Mobile Accelerator". Opera for Mobile. April 16.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=and|year=/|date=mismatch (help) - Google Web Accelerator and FAQ
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