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therealphildini committed Mar 14, 2015
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The "g" key is pressed
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The following sections explains all about the physical keyboard
and the OS interrupts. But, a whole lot happens after that which
isn't explained. When you just press "g" the browser receives the
event and the entire auto-complete machinery kicks into high gear.
Depending on your browser's algorithm and if you are in
private/incognito mode or not various suggestions will be presented
to you in the dropbox below the URL bar. Most of these algorithms
prioritize results based on search history and bookmarks. Some
browsers like Rockmelt even suggested your Facebook friends. You are
going to type "google.com" so none of it matters, but a lot of code
will run before you get there and the suggestions will be refined
with each key press. It may even suggest "google.com" before you type it.

The "enter" key bottoms out
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The graphical API of the window that receives the character prints the
appropriate font symbol in the appropriate focused field.


Parse URL
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In many cases the url has a special piece of text appended to it to tell the
search engine that it came from a particular browser's url bar.


Check HSTS list
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* The browser checks its "preloaded HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security)"
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