- The user clicks on a hyperlink, to tell the browser to bring up a new web
page.
- 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 I/O device.
- 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.
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