We use internet browsers everyday to view websites. But how does it really work? No need for technical expertise. Let’s just look into the basic concept.
Imagine you want to order a pizza. You can order it online as well, but in this example, let’s assume you will order via phone call. Most of you will probably go through the following steps:
- Pick up your phone
- Dial the number of pizza store
- Store pick up your phone
- Place your order
- Pizza is delivered to you
What does this have to do with understanding how browsing the websites work? Let’s replace the above example like the following:
- Phone –> Internet browser
- Number of pizza store –> Website address
- Pizza store –> Website’s server
- Pizza order –> Clicking the contents/links
- Delivery –> Displaying the website’s page
Then you can see the following steps:
- Open your Internet Browser –> Picking up your phone
- Enter the website address –> Dialing the number
- Browser connects to the server of the website –> Store picking up
- Click different links –> Placing order
- Contents are displayed –> Delivery
Basically, when you enter a website address, you are essentially trying to connect to a server. Then as you explore through the website and click (make requests) for different contents, browser is passing your request to the server of the website, and server is returning the contents to the browser to have it displayed.
Internet browsers are essentially the communication medium/tool between you and the website server.
However, depending on which internet browser you are using, you might find differences in layouts/displays of the website. This is because sometimes each browser processes the codes returned from the website’s server differently.
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