Kentico CMS processes URLs using a URL rewriting engine. This engine ensures displaying of the correct page based on the required friendly (smart) URL. After the page is processed by the URL rewriting engine, it is run through the output filters that ensure additional changes in the rendered HTML code. The following figure shows the page processing step-by-step:

 

 

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