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HTTP/2: What does it change and will it eliminate the need for
a CDN?
The world has become accustomed to major technological advances happening every year. It’s
taken for granted that the new iPhone’s capabilities will dwarf last year’s model and the new
Windows OS will easily overshadow its predecessor.
It’s understandable then when a major update to the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) was
announced, people grew excited about what it would mean for the way websites work. After all,
HTTP/2 would be replacing a version of HTTP that had been in use since 1999.
No one could be blamed for thinking HTTP/2 would be the hoverboard of internet protocols.
What’s new with HTTP/2
The hypertext transfer protocol controls how web browsers communicate with web servers, as
well as how websites are rendered within web browsers. What HTTP/2 essentially offers is
better performance and reduced bandwidth usage, which largely translates to improved page
load time.
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