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	What is a Web page and how does it work? You are probably looking at this Web page through a browser. The most commonly used browsers are Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Communicator. Browsers are software programmes that enable you to go to different places on the Web. This is done by typing in the "address" or URL of a Web page and clicking "go" or "enter" on the keyboard. A browser reads the HTML tags on a Web page and translates them into what you see on the screen. Different browsers interpret HTML tags in different ways, so what you see on one browser is not necessarily what you will see on another browser. Your browser asks the Web server for the "address" or URL you are trying to reach. The Web server then sends the information back to you and you see it on your browser. This is done by using a modem to send the requested information to the Web server, it then retrieves the Web page.