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A progress indicator has no percentage: the response size may be unknown
An indeterminate progress indicator can mean the application does not have a useful total size for the operation.
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HTTP delivery
HTTP chunks and media chunks: the same word describes different layers
The word chunk can describe HTTP message framing or a unit in a media-delivery design.
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HTTP/2 streams are not the account's simultaneous-TV allowance
In HTTP/2, a stream is a protocol-level exchange within a connection.
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Adding a “nocache” field changes the private URL: use the supported refresh instead
Appending a random query field to a private media address is not a neutral refresh.
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A copied server address changed capitalization: compare the exact URI components
Changing capitalization inside an account URL can change its meaning.
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A password contains punctuation: do not assemble a private URL by guesswork
Characters that are ordinary password content can have structural meaning inside a URL.
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