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What happens now? Step 1: The address “dailylit.com” is part of what is known as a URL. Step 2: The “dailylit.com” portion of the URL is the domain name (you can get your own from a domain registrar). Step 3: Now that the browser has an IP address, in the case of DailyLit currently 72.32.133.224, it makes a request to “GET” content from 72.32.133.224.
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