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> The dictionary needs to be downloaded too

Which is why the idea is to use a previous version of the same file, which you already have cached from a prior visit to the site. You pay the cost of decompressing without a dictionary, but only on the first visit. Basically it's a way to restore the benefits of caching for files that change often, but only a little bit each time.



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