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How The User Side And Server Side Factors That Influence The Performance Of A Website

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Task 1 P2 Explain the user side and server side factors that influence the performance of a website When creating a website it is important to consider all user side and server side factors that contribute to the performance of your website as if the performance of your website is poor then users are likely to exit the website. The two main user side factors that should be taken into consideration are connection speed and PC/mobile device performance. You must look at what kind of internet connection the user may have, if the user has dial-up connection then they will have an average speed of 56kbps therefore their website will load slower than others. If the user has Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) they will have an average speed of 128kbps on each of two cables therefore an overall speed of 256 kbps. However Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) forms the basis of broadband, ADSL is the most common in the UK with speed that are currently around 1mbps and 120mbps meaning their website is likely to load faster. There are other methods of connection just as cable, satellite or mobile 3g that should also be considered. When making a website you should ensure it works sufficiently with all of these methods of connection so that no users are excluded. Some users may not have a fast processor or a big memory capacity therefore when looking at the user’s PC/Mobile Device you should consider the processor speed, cache memory capacity and the browser as these will affect the

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