# Student Handout — How the Web Works — Browsers, URLs, Domains & Top Level Domains (TLDs)

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- Published: 2026-10-18T12:25:04-04:00
- Author: matthew.leffler@jefferson.kyschools.us

Course 1: Computer Literacy / Unit 5: TLDs, Search & Information Literacy / Lesson
1: How the Web Works — Browsers, URLs, Domains & Top Level Domains (TLDs)

## URL Breakdown & TLD Classification Reference Sheet.

Name: ____________________ Date: ____________________

## Explore and practice

URL anatomy breakdown, TLD lookup activity, and DNS resolution explanation.

## Record your work

Describe what you tried, show your work or attach your artifact, and explain what
your evidence demonstrates.

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## Use the vocabulary

URL, Domain, TLD, Web Browser, IP Address, DNS, Protocol, HTTP/HTTPS, Hostname, 
Subdomain

Use relevant terms above to explain one part of your work.

## Check and reflect

 * I completed the assigned activity and recorded my work.
 * I used lesson vocabulary accurately.
 * I can explain one thing I learned and one question I still have.