Where are Web pages stored on my computer?

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The web page is stored on a computer known as a web server (server, for short). In order for the web page to be displayed on that computer or another computer, it must be accessed and interpreted by a specially designed program called the client software (client, for short).

Are websites stored on hard drive?

Your browser history is stored just like everything else on your computer, as a file (or collection of files). Clearing your browser history merely deletes these files from your hard drive.

Where does a website store its data?

Most major modern web sites are dynamic — they store data on the server using some kind of database (server-side storage), then run server-side code to retrieve needed data, insert it into static page templates, and serve the resulting HTML to the client to be displayed by the user's browser.

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Your browser history is stored just like everything else on your computer, as a file (or collection of files). Clearing your browser history merely deletes these files from your hard drive.

Expert · Answer

Most major modern web sites are dynamic — they store data on the server using some kind of database (server-side storage), then run server-side code to retrieve needed data, insert it into static page templates, and serve the resulting HTML to the client to be displayed by the user's browser.

Where are Web pages stored on my computer?

Are websites stored on hard drive?

Where does a website store its data?

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