Uploaded September 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Retrieving a web page typically requires multiple GET requests. The first retrieves the initial HTML document. Subsequent requests then retrieve all the other parts of the page: stylesheets, images, JavaScript code, and other page components. The process is complex and its performance depends to a great deal on the resources that are involved.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
Retrieving a web page typically requires multiple GET requests. The first retrieves the initial HTML document. Subsequent requests then retrieve all the other parts of the page: stylesheets, images, JavaScript code, and other page components. The process is complex and its performance depends to a great deal on the resources that are involved.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
