Here's what happens in more detail: The browser sends a request to the server using IP to establish a connection. The server receives the request and sends back a message acknowledging the request to establish a connection. This is the handshake process.

The browser sends a HTTP request to the server. The server sends back a HTTP response. The browser begins rendering the HTML.

Step 1: Open the web browser. Step 2: Click on the address bar at the top of the screen. Step 3: Type the URL of the website you want to visit. Step 4: Press enter.

Some of Google's URLs include www.google.com, adwords.googleblog.com, and http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacy. Just as buildings and houses have a street address, webpages also have unique addresses to help people locate them. On the Internet, these addresses are called URLs (Uniform Resource Locators).