CSS - Advantages of single image file vs multiple files

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Published on 2010-05-25T16:15:32Z Indexed on 2010/05/25 16:21 UTC
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I have noticed that alot of sites now, have all of their images in single files are then use background-position to offset the rectangle which is shown on the screen.

Is this for performance reasons? If so why?

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