The number of hits on a server may be important for
determining advertising revenue.
In the course of loading a single
web page, a browser may
hit a web server many times e.g. to retrieve the page itself
and each
image on the page. In contrast, caching by
browsers and
web proxies reduces the number of hits on the
server because some requests are satisfied from the cache.
3. jargon To press and release a key on the keyboard. Some
prefer the less aggressive "tap".
(2000-02-20)