Dynamic Interactive Educational Diabetes Simulations Using the World Wide Web: An Experience of More Than 15 Years with AIDA Online

Table 2

Gives typical values for file sizes (in kb) for data and image files made displayable/accessible by the AIDA online simulator. The small file sizes help explain the rapid data transfer via the internet, and contribute to the apparent speed of AIDA online. Reducing the file sizes with  .PNG files with the move to the AIDA online version 2 (AIDA online²) simulator in London, UK ensured reduced bandwidth and increased apparent speed for simulations.

	.JPG	.GIF	.PNG	.DAT
Preparation	8.7	1.6	1.2
Plasma Insulin	15.1	2.8	1.5	2.3
Carbohydrate	9.2	1.7	1.3
Glucose	15.1	2.3	1.3	2.2

JPG: Joint Photographics Experts Group; GIF: Graphics Interchange Format; PNG: Portable Network Graphics; DAT: ASCII text format data file.