Technical Foundations
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VITechnical Foundationschecked 91 days ago13 min read
How the Internet Works: DNS, HTTP, Servers, Browsers
You'll walk away with
A traced request: every step between typing a URL and the page appearing, written in your own words
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- 01Typing a URL kicks off a journey you can actually follow
- 02The one big idea: client and server
- 03Find the address: DNS
- 04Reach the server: IP and packets
- 05Ask for the page: HTTP
- 06Build the page: the browser renders
- 07The whole trace
- 08What this means for you
- 30′Exercise, with a verifiable output
- ▶The video and audio versions
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A traced request: every step between typing a URL and the page appearing, written in your own words
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