Re: "flash crowds"

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• Subject: Re: "flash crowds"
• From: Christopher Gwyn <gwync@ils.unc.edu>
• Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 06:58:27 -0500 (EST)
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{snip}
> 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.
{snip}
	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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