On 31 Jul 2000, 10:08, Shashi Chopra wrote:

> When the document is not retrieved by sending a request by Email, I get
> a message ' Error 404  Not found' What exactly is error 404? Any site
> from where I can get information on different  error numbers?

Luc answered that part of your question.

> I have also wondered if more than one person is trying to retrieve a
> specific document at the same time, is it possible for both of them
> to get the document or it is something like 'first come first
> serve?Is it technically possible for unlimited requests made for one
> document at exactly the same time to be retrieved and sent by the
> server to all? I am interested in learning how a document is
> processed. 

Look into client/server processing:

Client/Server Architectures: An Overview: 

http://www.sei.cmu.edu/str/descriptions/clientserver_body.html

Client/Server FAQ:

http://www.abs.net/~lloyd/csfaq.txt

I would also suggest you read up on Proxy Servers, which are key to 
managing sharing connections and more:

http://serverwatch.internet.com/proxyservers_2.html


Alan
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