Which of the following affects the downloading speed of a web page the least?

Concept

A web page loads through two broad stages: the server prepares a response, and the browser receives the page resources over the network.

Transfer time depends mainly on payload size, server response time, and available network throughput. A hyperlink reference is usually only a small piece of markup and does not fetch its target page until the user activates it.

Application

Apply those factors to each offered value and distinguish an embedded resource from a reference to another resource.

Contrast

• Number of hyperlinks in the web page: the links are small references; their target pages are not downloaded merely because the links are present.

• Number and size of images in the web page: embedded images add resource requests and bytes to the page payload.

• Processing power of the server computer that stores the web page: it affects how quickly the server handles a request and starts returning content, particularly under load or for dynamic pages.

• Bandwidth of the Internet connection used to access the web page: it limits the rate at which the page bytes reach the browser.

Result

Therefore, among the offered values, the number of hyperlinks in the web page affects its download speed the least.