If you are like most people, then you probably have pondered the various systems that bring the Internet into your home and on your mobile device, and the answer is in short Web Servers. Though there is a lot more to the process than the simple summation above, you can learn everything that you would like to and more by accessing website and blogs similar to the one that you are currently reading that are designed to inform you on the subject that you are interested in learning more about.
Basically, to break down how web servers work, you have to think of it first as the URL and how a browser looks at the information that you type into the URL bar. There are three basic parts to every URL, the protocol or the http part, the server name or the basic meat of the URL ,and then the file name that specifies where in the server you are accessing. If this all makes sense to you so far, then you are definitely on the right track to fully understanding these systems.
Essentially, the way that this system works is through a back and forth communication from the from a server machine and the browser. This is just the beginning, and to really understand it you will have to educate yourself on IP addresses, ports, protocols, and a variety of other more complicated terms that can be defined in later articles. Good luck, and enjoy learning more about this fascinating topic!