1. The user clicks on a hyperlink, to tell the browser to bring up a new webpage.
2. The DNS translates the domain name into the IP address of the server.
3. The browser sends a "get" request, via the internet, to the server.
4. The server collects URL information from the HREF field of the "A" tag.
5. The server locates and copies the requested file (containing HTML) from its client.
6. The server sends a "response" (containing a copy of the requested resource) to the web.
7. The browser interprets the HTML tags to correctly display a new web page on the output device.
8. The user views the new web page on an output device.