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Request / response

The basic back-and-forth of the internet: a client sends a request ("give me this page"), a server sends a response (the page). Every click and page load is one of these short round trips.
Why it matters

Almost everything online is requests and responses. Once you can see them, the web stops feeling like magic.

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