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therin · 12-17-2006, 11:59 PM

How a web browser is run

There is a server, which has all the files that you want to view, and an application on that server that acts as a waiter.

Your browser will turn your domain name that you enter into the bar (www.idontcare.com) into an ip address (183.234.193.232), by contacting DNS servers that know the name of every ip address in the world. This is how the server is contacted. Your computer sends a "packet" that is then routed through a bunch of computers, mainframes, and gigantic servers that direct this packet to it's destination. When it reaches that place, the server is handed the packet that will describe which web page your computer wants, any information (such as my reply) that goes into it, and where it shall travel to get back to your computer. The process is reversed, including a stream of much larger packets that give your computer's browser the raw HTML. The html is processed on the spot into a visual output which is your webpage (this is also why a page is displayed differently on different web browsers).

12-17-2006, 11:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
therin Newb Techie Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 7	How a web browser is run There is a server, which has all the files that you want to view, and an application on that server that acts as a waiter. Your browser will turn your domain name that you enter into the bar (www.idontcare.com) into an ip address (183.234.193.232), by contacting DNS servers that know the name of every ip address in the world. This is how the server is contacted. Your computer sends a "packet" that is then routed through a bunch of computers, mainframes, and gigantic servers that direct this packet to it's destination. When it reaches that place, the server is handed the packet that will describe which web page your computer wants, any information (such as my reply) that goes into it, and where it shall travel to get back to your computer. The process is reversed, including a stream of much larger packets that give your computer's browser the raw HTML. The html is processed on the spot into a visual output which is your webpage (this is also why a page is displayed differently on different web browsers).