Definitions
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- adjective Suitable for
caching .
Etymologies
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Examples
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According to the HTTP 1.1 spec, 301 redirects are cacheable.
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Besides a privacy check, that page is should be entirely cacheable.
Twitter Blog 2008
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So when I actually dug a little deeper, I found that just about anything dynamically generated including quite static pages that just use a bit of PHP to automatically include the same navigation in every page, with the currently selected option highlighted, for example is, unless the script author has made special effort, generally not cacheable.
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That marks pages as being cacheable for up to an hour - meaning that some people might not see a change to the blog for up to an hour after it was made.
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Blog software is terrible at this, for example, despite generally having very cacheable pages
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Blog software is terrible at this, for example, despite generally having very cacheable pages
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This response is only cacheable if indicated by a Cache-Control or Expires header field.
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So when I actually dug a little deeper, I found that just about anything dynamically generated including quite static pages that just use a bit of PHP to automatically include the same navigation in every page, with the currently selected option highlighted, for example is, unless the script author has made special effort, generally not cacheable.
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For best performance, make sure all your RAM is set to be cacheable.
OS/2 Frequently Asked Questions List by Timothy F. Sipples 1993
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Especially if you're hosting a well cacheable site like a blog.
Ariejan.net Ariejan de Vroom 2010
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