What Happens When You Type Google.com into your Browser and Press Enter?

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A fascinating (and very in-depth!) look at what happens when you type google.com into a web browser and hit “enter”?

If you’re not a technical person (and probably even if you are) it might surprise you to find out just how many steps and processes are involved. Bonus points to the team who wrote this for including all the stuff happening on the local hardware.

Filed under: internet, links, networking

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