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Technology / Example course
The internet,
explained.
From a click to
a connection.
Understand what happens between opening a browser and seeing a website.
- 01Meet the browserYour starting point
- 02Find the right addressUp next
- 03Make the connectionUp next
- 04Put it all togetherUp next
Every page starts
with a conversation.
Your browser asks a server for a page. The server sends back the files, and your browser puts them together into the website you see.1
Explain it more simply
Think of asking a librarian for a book: you make a request, and they send back what you asked for. A browser and a server exchange requests and responses in a similar way.
A source you can
see for yourself.
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MDN Web Docs — How the web works
A browser requests a page from a server, receives the website’s files, and uses them to display the page. This example paraphrases MDN’s explanation.
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One question. A whole new way to see it.
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How the internet works
Understand what happens when I open a website.
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Space & physics
Black holes
What lies beyond the event horizon?
Mathematics
Probability
Make a little more sense of chance.
Technology
How the internet works
Follow a click all the way to a website.
Ideas & thinking
Philosophy
Make room for a different way of thinking.
Life & nature
Biology
Look a little closer at the living world.
Programming
Python
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From a click to
a connection.
Understand what happens between opening a browser and seeing a website.
- 01Meet the browserYour starting point
- 02Find the right addressUp next
- 03Make the connectionUp next
- 04Put it all togetherUp next
Every page starts
with a conversation.
Your browser asks a server for a page. The server sends back the files, and your browser puts them together into the website you see.1
Explain it more simply
Think of asking a librarian for a book: you make a request, and they send back what you asked for. A browser and a server exchange requests and responses in a similar way.
A source you can
see for yourself.
Follow an idea back to its source and take a closer look.
Inspect this example’s source
MDN Web Docs — How the web works
A browser requests a page from a server, receives the website’s files, and uses them to display the page. This example paraphrases MDN’s explanation.
Read the original source (opens in a new tab)This is an authored product example. Your own lessons are checked before publication.
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Look a little closer
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Inspect this example’s source
MDN Web Docs — How the web works
A browser requests a page from a server, receives the website’s files, and uses them to display the page. This example paraphrases MDN’s explanation.
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A little curiosity. A whole new world.