The idea of traffic usually refers to vehicular traffic.
Traffic is a concept that has its origin in an Italian word and refers to the transit or movement of means of transport, human beings or objects along some type of road or track. The concept of traffic can refer to both the action of movement and the consequences of said circulation .
For example: "The government promised to strengthen the fight against drug trafficking" , "Traffic is hellish: I have been stopped for almost an hour due to the number of cars on the road" , "According to local newspapers, Merchandise traffic between this country and China increased by 26% in the last year .
Illegal trafficking
Typically, the notion of trafficking is not used in the field of legal commerce , but rather is restricted to illicit activities . That is why we usually talk about drug trafficking or arms trafficking, but not about soy trafficking or electronic products trafficking, to name two types of merchandise.
In the same way, we cannot forget what is known as influence peddling . We have to explain that this is a practice considered illegal that consists of using the influence of people, whether at a political or business level, to obtain any type of favor or preferential treatment.
In many countries around the world, this type of action is punishable and can be used, for example, to climb within a company or even to obtain a public tender.
Vehicle circulation
Another frequent use of traffic refers to the circulation of cars, motorcycles and other vehicles through the streets of a city. When we say that traffic is intense , we are referring to the fact that there are many vehicles on the street and, therefore, it is difficult to move forward and move.
To ensure that this movement of vehicles is as fluid as possible, it is common that, in addition to traffic lights and other road signs , the services of so-called traffic guards are available. These are agents whose objective is to regulate, in the most appropriate way possible, the traffic of cars, trucks or all types of mopeds on urban roads or highways.
However, we cannot ignore that in special cases, and in order to reduce the risk of accidents, these professionals from the State security forces proceed to carry out traffic controls . Specifically, we have to say that these are procedures through which alcohol and other drug tests are carried out on drivers.
In the event that these drivers test positive in any of the toxicological tests, a financial fine will be imposed, the vehicle will be temporarily removed from circulation and even, in certain cases, they will be taken before a judge.
Web traffic consists of the data that is sent and received when browsing the Internet.
Web traffic
Web traffic , finally, is linked to the data that users of an Internet site send and receive. According to the number of visitors and the pages they enter, web traffic can be calculated.
Mobile Internet services , for example, are among the few that retain a traffic limit today, since this barrier seemed to cease to exist once broadband hit the market; Until then, since connection to the Internet was based on the use of the telephone line, users had to pay for each minute of browsing. On the other hand, satellite Internet services, mainly used by people living in rural areas, also impose a usage limit and are sold in gigabyte packages.
In general, companies that offer Internet services with traffic limits punish excess consumption with a drastic decrease in speed, leaving it at a few Kb (Kilobytes) per second, which is absolutely useless in an era in which An average page usually weighs around 1MB and a standard quality video that is only one minute long, around 10MB. However, some companies give their customers the possibility of extending the monthly limit by purchasing more gigabytes .
In the case of a web hosting service provider (known in English as web hosting ), there is talk of limited or unlimited traffic depending on the characteristics of each plan, and choosing the right one for each one requires a deep analysis of the product (in In this case, the website that you want to publish), taking into account many variables, among which are the frequency with which its content will be updated and the type of audience to which it is directed.
There are several tricks to make the most of Internet traffic in cases of tight limits. For PC users , one of them is to download and activate a browser extension that requests mobile versions of sites, which necessarily weigh less than desktop ones; This results in considerable savings in megabytes, since it also affects the size of YouTube videos and other services.