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