From: "Gregg N" 

I think he means, for example, that the URL that you type into the address
bar might not necessarily refer to an HTML page, or use the HTTP protocol.
I could refer to a PDF file, or an FTP directory, for example. It could
also refer to a file on your own computer.

I don't know the level of detail you want, but you omitted any mention of
DNS, whereby the computer name you type into the address bar is looked up
to determine a corresponding IP address.

Gregg

"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:4226106e$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Its for some technology challenged lawyers and judges.
>
> > have to be a web page, nor does the "address" really
have anything to do
> > with *where* the document (web page) is stored.
>
> How is that.  I'm confused by this comment.  Thanks for your help.
>
> Gary
>
> "Antti Kurenniemi" 
wrote in message
> news:4225ffe2$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > I don't think the reply path has to be the same as the request path, and
> > also "the computer sends... to view the web page at the
internet address
> > previously typed in" sound a bit funky to me. The computer sends a
request
> > to view a document identified by the url (address typed in) - it does
not
> > have to be a web page, nor does the "address" really
have anything to do
> > with *where* the document (web page) is stored.
> >
> > So who are you trying to explain this to? I know I've written similar
> > simplified explanation about how the net works a few times, and it's
> always
> > as much fun ;-)
> >
> >
> > Antti Kurenniemi
> > (why don't they take my word when I tell them that "It just works,
because
> > it's magic!" ?)
> >
> > "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
> > news:4225ce9d{at}w3.nls.net...
> > In your opinion is the following a non-technical yet accurate
> description??
> >
> > A person at a computer located in California decides to view a web page
> > available on the internet.  That person types in the web address of the
> page
> > they wish to view and hits enter or clicks the go button (or does the
> > equivalent of this by clicking a link to that web address).  That
> California
> > person's computer then sends an electronic request to view the web page
at
> > the internet address previously typed in.  That electronic request for
the
> > web page (a web page being nothing more than a collection of words and
> > pictures like a brochure is a collection of words and pictures) is
> > physically relayed from one physical computer to another until the
request
> > to view arrives at the physical computer handling the internet address
of
> > the web page requested.  Then that physical computer that handles the
web
> > page requested sends the words and pictures of the web page back through
> > that same chain of computers until it arrives at the computer of the
> person
> > in California.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Gary
> >
> >
>
>

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