I mean you are making a request using a uniform resource locator, and the web server is responding to that request. Best analogy I can think up is an automated

I mean you are making a request using a uniform resource locator, and the web server is responding to that request. Best analogy I can think up is an automated free vending machine, with a row covered up by a piece of cardboard. If you don't want someone drinking the cokes on the hidden bottom row, why did you put them in the machine in the first place?