Comments on: Save bandwidth costs: Dynamic pages can support If-Modified-Since too

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:34:49 +0000

“Bandwidth” has a number of different definitions depending on the context.

It’s original definition had nothing to do with traffic or bytes at all but instead, originated in the context of broadcasting, i.e. the amount of spectrum available to each communications licensee.

Since then and in the context of Internet traffic, bandwidth can have a similar meaning, an available range or it can mean a range actually used or it can even mean the amount of data transfered over a given range.

Very few words in the English language have one and only one meaning so context is everything.
Craig

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By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:57:22 +0000

Thanks Jordan. Actually, the code isn’t complex.

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Utah SEO Pro — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:10:19 +0000

Leave it to Sebastian to bust out some hella complex code to solve problems I’ve never even would have though of. Kick ass!

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By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:43:01 +0000

Thanks Colin.
Icheb, of course that’s traffic, but everybody uses the other term so I do it too for compatibility reasons. Also, some hosts charge bandwidth, not traffic/gigs transferred.

By: Icheb

Icheb — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:28:00 +0000

When will people finally realize that bandwidth != traffic?

BANDWIDTH is the SPEED something is transferred at.

TRAFFIC is the AMOUNT of data that has been transferred.

So when you say shit like “Bandwidth used: 5 kilobytes”, you really mean TRAFFIC.

By: Colin Cochrane

Colin Cochrane — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:13:05 +0000

Great post Sebastian. This is an invaluable resource for anyone who is serious about maximizing the performance of their server.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:32:54 +0000

How could I miss out on these links from John Müller …

JohnMu: @SebastianX check out http://oyoy.eu/huh/304-php/, http://oyoy.eu/huh/304-classic-asp/ and http://oyoy.eu/page/ifmodified/ (old stuff :-))

Such oldies are goodies