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Staleness

Def:Given a cached copy of a page, let its LAST-GOOD TIME equal the time at which its content was last identical to the master copy of the page. If the cached and master copies are still identical, let the LAST-GOOD TIME equal the current time.

Def:Given a cached copy of a page, let its STALENESS equal the time elapsed since its last-good time.


Web Cache Coherence (A.Dingle,T.Partl)