Editing Mirror site

== Definition ==

A '''mirror site''' (also called a '''mirrored site''') is 

{{Quote|[a] [[proxy server]] acting as a [[cache]] containing duplicated [[data]] from a central [[database]] so as to facilitate more economic and [[reliable]] [[access]] by local [[user]]s.<ref>[[Bits of Power: Issues in Global Access to Scientific Data]], Glossary, at 201.</ref>}}

== Overview ==

A mirror site

{{Quote|is usually created by a [[system operator]] because the [[content]] it holds is very popular and it is [[access]]ed very frequently by a large number of [[user]]s. In such a case, the [[user]] [[access]]ing the [[data]] may or may not know whether he is [[access]]ing the original [[site]] or the mirrored site. The updating of the mirrored site may happen automatically every time the original [[site]] is updated, or it may be done manually by the [[system operator]] of the [[mirror]].<ref>[[Approaches to Content on the Internet]], at 16.</ref>}}

Mirror sites divert some of the [[traffic]] from the original [[site]]. It is not unusual to find a dozen or more mirror sites of busy [[ftp]] [[site]]s.

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 Mirror sites divert some of the [[traffic]] from the original [[site]]. It is not unusual to find a dozen or more mirror sites of busy [[ftp]] [[site]]s.
-== See also ==
-* [[Mirroring]]
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