This article aims at addressing the age-old question: What happens after you type a URL into a web browser? The use case entails the background details of typing “google” in the address bar. Before we begin, it is ideal to note that ignoring the website’s downtime, the average load time of any webpage is less than 2.9 seconds, leaving each of the processes highlighted below occurring in nanoseconds or less. This article covers an in-depth analysis of behind-the-scene activities from the point a user presses the “g” button up until a result displays on the screen….