A Web server takes the URL associated with a link or the URL entered by a user, locates the computer containing the associated Web page, and then reads the returned HTML to display a Web page.

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A web server does not locate the computer containing the web page; it hosts the web page itself. The client (browser) sends a request to the web server, which then returns the HTML content to be displayed.

A Web Server Takes the URL Associated with a Link