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{{main|Web navigation}}

[[File:Platypus article on Vector 2022.png|thumb|Each article on the [[Wikipedia]] website is a distinct web page. The [[URL]] is visible in the browser's [[address bar]] at the top.]]

Each web page is identified by a distinct [[URL|Uniform Resource Locator]] (URL). When the user inputs a URL into their [[web browser]], the [[Browser game|browser]] retrieves the necessary content from a [[web server]] and then [[browser engine|transforms]] it into an interactive visual representation on the user's screen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://taligarsiel.com/Projects/howbrowserswork1.htm|title=Behind the scenes of modern web browsers|publisher=Tali Garsiel|access-date=2018-04-21|archive-date=2018-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418175529/http://taligarsiel.com/Projects/howbrowserswork1.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

If the user [[point and click|clicks]] or [[touchscreen|taps]] a [[hyperlink|link]], the browser repeats this process to load the new URL, which could be part of the current website or a different one. The browser has [[web browser#Features|features]], such as the [[address bar]], that indicate which page is displayed.