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how does a server retrieve a website when a domain is visited from the browser


Whenever I have interviews I keep getting these questions asked to me. Where if a user clicks a link on a browser or when a domain is typed into the browser, what exactly takes place and how the data is retrieved and renders the webpage on the users computer. What books would help me on this?


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  • A good book that I had some hand in is The TCP/IP Guide. It's a little dated (it's from 2005), but the basic ideas haven't changed. He also has a web site.