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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