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