HOW DOES THE WEB WORKS ?

Most people undoubtedly have been on the Internet visiting web sites via a web browser such as Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox. This post will go over some of the basic terminology associated with web sites.


A browser without an Internet connection is somewhat useless. An Internet connection provides the capability for your web browser to connect to another computer. A domain name is the address which you type into your web browser to access a site such as https://www.google.com.my/ where google.com is the domain name. Every domain name needs to be unique number across the entire Internet. This domain is name used to provide a friendly name for an IP address. An IP address is a number such as 64.79.161.51 which uniquely identifies an end point or web site on the Web.