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Download time of large sites

The download time of a site is basicly the time gap for data to load up on the web page at the start. This is something that can be quite frustrating and is often hard to get round unless you have a super fast internet connection. Since the internet was invented this has been a primary problem and websites have improved to a certain extent. The inetnet is basiclly a global network for millions of computers and the websites are the data on it. A user in order to view and surf the internet has to download data such as text and pictures. Previously in the past this was normally just text but nowadays the internet has progressed to allow users to view pictures, videos, sounds and even play advanced online games.

There are many things that can affect the downlaod speed of large sites for example these are just a few:

  1. The users computer speed and spec of it.
  2. The more obvious is the inetnet speed and its connection.
  3. The type of browser you are using can also affect this.
  4. Whether your computer is infected with a viruses.
  5. How up to date software is on your computer.
  6. What operating system you are using if this is an old one it may not of been made to surf the internet at fast speeds.
  7. Another things is the quality of telephone line. For example in the city people have a big advantage becuase they have cable and this allso data to be sent as light which is often superior other other types of connection.
  8. What the website actually contains. For example if the website is made up of large pictures this will mean it will take llonger to download becuase it has to download alot of data.

      9. The obvious thing that will determine how fast and how well your computer copes with looking at large sites is the internet connection speed. For example the older type of connection and which is still in use for some users is the 56k connection with having this connection the user will enevitably have to wait a time to even view a medium or small website. Now a days faster internet connections are avalible for example 45mbps This would make surfing the internet a lot more enjoyable and downloads of large sites could be performed in mear seconds.

      One the commons problems that people find wrong when there computer has a long download time for large webpages is actually that they have a virus which is on there computer and slowing there internet connection. although if you have a virus checker and firewall you should beable to avoid viruses.

      To make it faster for any user to look at a big website that are things the actuall website builder and desighner can do. For example a prime thing that actually makes the download speed slower is if there are pictures on the page. A simple technique to spped the website up is to ake the pictues actually into thubnails then turn these into links. This way you prevent having the full size picture and its size on the website but the user can still see the large picture if they wish.

      The actual affect of having a slow download speed has one big charachteristic. This is that the user has to wait and can actaully the the items loading up. In other owrds they are not there when the user wantws them and so he has to wait. This can often cause thrustation and is generally very annoying. It is always best to have a well designed page so that you can avoid having a slow website.


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