


You may notice that when you visit a website for the first time, it may load slowly, based on how much code your computer or smart device must download. A browser cache functions in the same way. Think of how you can typically recall a song’s lyrics if you hear it again for the first time in months. The cache is stored on your smart phone, tablet, or computer’s hard drive and helps websites load faster because some of the page’s information already lives in your device. Typically, a browser will store what are known as static assets, parts of a website that don’t frequently change. This information could include the text from the site or some of the images like logos, backgrounds. When you visit a website, your browser downloads certain information from that site to help it load faster when you revisit it in the future.
