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Under the Hood

Start with what happens behind a web page.

Under the Hood follows familiar software experiences down to the systems and protocols that make them work.

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Under the Hood · 01

What Actually Happens When You Type a URL Into Your Browser?

Trace URL parsing, DNS, HTTPS, HTTP, server processing, and browser rendering.

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The journey · 7 stages

  1. 01URL
  2. 02DNS
  3. 03HTTPS
  4. 04Request
  5. 05Server
  6. 06Response
  7. 07Render

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