WEB ARCHITECTURE

DOMAINS • DNS • HOSTING • DATA FLOW

An interactive schematic exploring how websites work - from your browser to the database and back.

WEB ARCHITECTURE SCHEMATIC

DOMAINS, DNS, HOSTING & DATA FLOW

VIEWING: OVERVIEW
Request Domain IP Returned: 192.168.1.1 HTTP Request (via IP) PHP/Python/ Node.js Code Query & Data Retrieval HTTP Response (HTML, CSS, JS, Data)
USER
BROWSER
DNS RESOLVER
(Domain Name System)
Translates Domain to IP Address
HTTP REQUEST
Request ↔ Response
WEB SERVER
(Hosting Provider)
FILE SYSTEM & CODE
/public_html
/css
/js
/images
📄 index.html
🎨 style.css
⚡ app.js
⚙️ server.php
DATABASE SERVER
ID Table Data
1 users •••
2 posts •••
3 data •••
SQL Database
100%
User Request/Response
DNS Resolution
Server Connection
File & Code Processing
Database Interaction
CONTROLS
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