Data traffic (also Traffic) with computers one calls the river of information within computer networks.

This traffic is to be seized on the basis the transferred data set in figures. The data traffic volume is usually indicated mega (MT) or gigabyte in the units Kilo, related to a defined time unit. If one e.g. transfers a megabyte a large file (e.g. a picture on a Website) of a PC to another, then Traffic of something developed over a megabyte (among other things due to along envoys HTTP head information).

It develops also for data traffic arising, if the file is not downloaded, but is not developed only with the Surfen in the Web Browser, since the Browser requests and transfers the file for regarding.

Preferred the term is used from Providern and Hostern to the Kostenabrechnung. An offerer of on-line storage location must reserve for the transmission of files memory contained on Websites and it develop so to cost, which the customer bears. In most entering rank messengers a free contingent (also Freitraffic or free volume) is offered. The customer pays only for additional data traffic, which exceeds this free volume. The genuine costs vary strongly depending upon purchased quantity and guaranteed range, might be however in for instance about 5 cent per gigabyte. The final customer pays usually 1 euro, partly up to 15 euro.

Traffic theft

Traffic theft or Hotlinking (also direct linking or range theft) describes a certain kind of the integration of strange contents (in particular of medium data such as pictures, videos and sound files) on the own web page. Contents are not quoted or linked in conventional way, but merged directly into the side, as in the HTML source text the origin address of the file is indicated as source:

<img src= " http://www.fremde-Website.de/Pfad/zum/Bild.jpg " alt= "" >

From the visitors of the web page Traffic on the server, which makes the embedded file available, which Web operational readiness level however not visited, results. The Traffic thief can make so contents available, without for it costs arise for him. Furthermore by Hotlinking copyrights are often hurt.

The addressing of medium data is subject technically to no restrictions. For the reasons mentioned Hotlinking among Website operators (Webmastern) is however unwanted.

Web masters concerned can uncover on a large scale claimant theft through from the offerers of Internet storage location (so-called Webhoster) provided listing and place evil authors in such a way to the speech.

See also

• Traffic Shaping

Related links

• Traffic Guards (trafficklau.de), German side, which with klau yourself from Traffic concerned
• Hotlinking with pictures prevent (by replacing pictures concerned)
• Which is a Traffic thief information about Traffic

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