Hi Roy! :-)

 RJT> How long you stay?  I think not.  There are a lot of people who seem 
 RJT> to have a misconception about this,  once you load a web page,  
 RJT> there is no longer any connection between you and the server,  even 
 RJT> though the perception is that "you're still at that site" as the 
 RJT> stuff is still on your screen.  No actual connection is maintained,  
 RJT> until you do something else.
Modern web browser DO keep the connection alive, at least if the web server
supports HTTP 1.1. It's more efficient than making a new connection for
each picture on the page or each new page from one site.

Ciao
Pascal

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