Internet programming

I know this is the worst place to ask but, how do how do you make a program to do something even as "simple?" as going to a site?

I can't seem to find any tutorials that explain anything... just a bunch of var blah = "www.ujdfngr.net" and not really showing how that gets to the site

Ignore >>2 he's a huge fag.

If you want to observe how browsing works, download Wireshark and monitor your connection while going on websites. Tip: use the "Follow TCP connection" option to read the entire "computer conversation".

Anyway, have fun bro.