It's what allows the browser to load a webpage more quickly." Since this all takes place out of view of any normal web surfer, it's a little hard to understand or appreciate the specifics.

Internet connections get faster but websites get more complex—and that means we often still have to wait an age for pages to load. Now, a new technique from MIT that helps browsers gather files ...

When asked to load a given Web page, the browser must reach across the network to fetch objects such as HTML files, JavaScript source code and images. Sometimes, ...

Slow-loading Web pages are surely one of the top frustrations on the Internet today, but new technology from MIT and Harvard promises to change all that. Topics Newsletters ...