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cache busting

cache busting noun: the practice of serving a file with modified URLs to prevent browsers from confusing it with locally cached files.

Noun

cache busting (uncountable)

  1. (web development) The practice of serving a file with modified URLs to prevent browsers from confusing it with locally cached files.

Questions about cache busting

What does cache busting mean?
Cache busting means the practice of serving a file with modified URLs to prevent browsers from confusing it with locally cached files.
What part of speech is cache busting?
Cache busting is a noun.

Words near cache busting in the dictionary

  1. cachaça
  2. cachaças
  3. cache
  4. cache buster
  5. cache busters
  6. cache busting
  7. Cache County
  8. Cache la Poudre
  9. cache language model
  10. cache language models
  11. cache stampede

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