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Reducing HTTP latency with SPDY

Reducing HTTP latency with SPDY
[Front] Posted Nov 18, 2009 17:51 UTC (Wed) by jake

Google unveiled an experimental open source project in early November aimed at reducing web site load times. SPDY, as it is called, is a modification to HTTP designed to target specific, real-world latency issues without altering GET, POST, or any other request semantics, and without requiring changes to page content or network infrastructure. Subscribers can click below for a look at SPDY from this week's edition.

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