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User side factors: 

download speed; Obviously you don't want to sit around and wait for things to download so this could be affected by the speed of your computer as it can only load certain things at a time. Another reason how your download speed could be affected is if you have loads of programs open such as Facebook, Msn, Youtube etc.. which take up alot of memory and take much longer to load so this will slow your computer down considerably. Also it could be to do with the stability of your computer at that time. 

PC performance; There are many things that will affect the performance of your computer such as how much memory is used up, processor speed and the browsers cache. Browsers cache is where if you have already visited a page then you go on it again then it will load quicker as it will be stored in the browsers cache.

browser; There are many different browsers such as Firefox, Safari, Google chrome etc.. but they work very differently as google chrome is the fast browser. When it was tested it came out better in Javascript speed, CPU usage for example. This is important because then the browser will load quicker and be able to download your items in a much faster time. Browser performance is how long it takes to load a page and how it appears to the user.

processor speed; The processor's job is to manage all of the computers operations and how well it runs. This includes memory, download speed, internet history, RAM and all the other main operations your computer needs to run. All data used by a computer is going through the CPU. The larger the cache size and the higher the clock speed, the faster your PC will operate.

Server side factors: 

web server capacity; Website are only made to have some many different users on at the same time. Each website is made with a different capacity because of the popularity of the website, for example Youtube will have a much bigger capacity than corby town football clubs website. If too many people try and access the same page at the same time then it will run alot slower and may even crash.

bandwidth; The bandwidth is the amount of times your website can be viewed. The lower the bandwidth the slower your website will run but the higher the bandwidth then the faster your website will run.

number of hits; If you have loads of people trying to access the same page or video then it will be become alot more slower and wont run as smoothly. For example if thousands of people want to watched the same video then it will buffer alot to keep up to speed with all the users watching it.

file types; The file type and file size is very important in relation to a website when referring to its performance. "Jpeg" files are alot more compressed and lower quality compared to a "wav file". This means that it would take less time to load, which will ideal to use for a website because it would load quicker and the user will be able to access what they would like in a shorter amount of time. Some files may download faster than others, so it is important that you choose the small file so it will download in a much quicker time. Audio files are alot more complex as the file extension can have a huge impact on the overall performance and a good example would be of a wav file could be an MP3.