Stage 02 of six
Resolution
A name is not an address. Turning one into the other means walking down a hierarchy that begins at the root, and trusting an answer somebody else cached on your behalf.
The rest of the chain
Five other stages01 Origins
One machine at CERN.
03 Trust
Why the padlock means anything.
04 Rendering
From bytes to pixels.
05 The Cascade
Which rule actually wins.
06 Where Browsers Differ
The gap between spec and behaviour.