
HOW A REQUEST ORGINATES FROM CLIENT AND REACHES THE SERVER?
How a Request Travels from Client to Server A client is simply the end user who makes a request, usually by typing something like a website name into a browser. This request is in a human-readable format. computers dont understand domain names directly the system needs a way to convert this into a machine-readable format. Thats where the Domain Name System comes in. What Happens Behind the Scenes When a user enters a domain like www.google.com the request is first handled by DNS DNS translates the domain name into an IP address which is what servers actually understand. Once the correct IP address is found, the request is sent to the appropriate server where the required data is stored. After processing the request the server sends the response back. Even though the communication happens using IP addresses the browser presents everything in a human-readable format. Example Request: www.google.com DNS converts it into an IP address like: www.google.com → 126.xxx.xxx.0 This IP address he
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