AI engineering glossary · Web APIs HTTP
What is Cache-Control?
Cache-Control: An HTTP header carrying caching instructions, such as max-age=3600 for how many seconds a copy is fresh, no-store to forbid saving, or private to allow only the user's own browser to keep it.
Cache-Control: an example
Cache-Control: max-age=600 lets a copy be reused for 10 minutes.
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Where you learn it
Cache-Control is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.