09 Sep 08 Google Chrome does DNS-Prefetching for faster Browsing!
In case you haven’t noticed, Google Chrome does load sites faster in the beginning due to its DNS-prefetching.
What is DNS-prefetching?
It is a method of finding the actual IP addresses behind domain names before the user clicks on a link.
Basically, Google Chrome “figures” out every IP address of every link before you click on it.
What do you have to do?
Nothing, it’s turned on by default. I just wanted you to know that it’s there.
This clever little feature speeds up your Web browsing without you having to do a thing — it’s turned on by default. Whenever you visit a new page, Chrome examines the IP address of every link on the page, and does a DNS resolution for each. That way, when you click a link, Chrome already knows the IP address and can send you there fast.
It’s turned on by default. You can turn it off by clicking the Tools icon and selecting Options, clicking Under the Hood, then unchecking the box next to Use DNS pre-fetching to improve page load performance.
via computerworld
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