The URL tells the web browser:
Where to go
How to talk to where its going
What to ask for when it gets there
HTML code
URL
web browser
The presented content,
once the browser sticks it
in front of you, may be
static or dynamic. Static
content will not change
until you ask the browser
to get something else.
Dynamic content may
change without changing
the URL that youre on
within the web browser.
CSS code
HTTP
request
HTTP
response
Response body can be any of the
following (actually it can be anything,
but these are typical):
You
content
presentation
JavaScript code
pure data (e.g., text,
XML, JSON, etc.)
media (e.g., image,
audio, video, etc.)
web server
document (e.g., PDF,
Word, etc.)
files (static
pages)
other supporting servers
(e.g., web services,
databases, specialized
hardware, etc.)