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Re: "flash crowds"
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> Many Web sites that distribute popular, frequently updated content
> experience problems with "flash crowds": thousands of access per
> minute to the same Web page overload the Web server or the network
> link leading to the server.
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how many people know the origin of the term "flash crowd"?
(hint: it wasn't in Known Space.......)
cheers,
christopher
Christopher Gwyn
gwync@ruby.ils.unc.edu
5602 Lockridge Rd.
Durham NC 27705-8099 USA
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