Working of Websites

How do you access a website?

• Open Web browser
• Enter URL
• Browser fetches data from the server.
• Browser renders the response received from server.

What does a URL looks like?

URL: https://google.com/search?q=hello+there

Components of a URL

• Protocols: http & https (in context of accessing web through browsers)
• Host: Domain/IP
• Port
• URI (path): Uniform Resource Identifier
• Query String: Request Parameters

What happens when you enter a URL in the browser?