Why can’t you access a website if there’s too much traffic? How does that work?
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Imagine you’re at a crowded bar or restaurant counter. There’s one bartender or other service type person, but dozens or hundreds of patrons, each shouting their order and expecting prompt service.
Like that, but digital.
As with bars and restaurants, the answers are “more servers” and “more efficient processes,” which is how enormous sites like Google or Facebook seldom seem to have these problems (until they do).
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