How does the internet work

HOW DOES THE INTERNET WORK? BY RAPID JAM THE INTERNET IS BUILT USING THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND DEVICES: NETWORK WHEN TWO OR MORE COMPUTERS CONNECT TO EACH OTHER, THEY MAKE A NETWORK SWITCH A DEVICE TO CONNECT SEVERAL NETWORK ENABLED DEVICES WITH FAST CONNECTIONS. CAN BE USED TO DIVIDE NETWORK INTO SEGMENTS ROUTER A DEVICE TO CONNECT TRAFFIC BETWEEN SMALL NETWORKS. INTERNET ROUTER DEVICES USED TO CONNECT SMALLER NETWORKS TO A MASSIVE "NETWORK OF NETWORKS" KNOWN AS THE INTERNET WEBSITES THESE ARE APPLICATIONS RUNNING ON Step 2** COMPUTERS CALLED 'SERVERS' ON THE INTERNET. THEY HAVE AN IP ADDRESS EVERYBODY CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET CAN REACH. THE APPLICATION DELIVERS CONTENT YOU SEE ON YOUR WEB BROWSERS Step 1* DOMAIN NAME SERVERS AS IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO REMEMBER IP ADDRESSES FOR WEBSITES, DNS SERVERS ARE A SPECIAL TYPE OF SERVER AVAILABLE ON NET USED THAT GIVE YOU THE IP ADDRESS CORRESPONDING TO A WEBSITE. *Step 1 LAPTOP REQUESTS DNS SERVER FOR IP ADDRESS OF WEBSITE **Step 2 WITH IP ADDRESS IN HAND, LAPTOP ACCESSES THE WEBSITE ANALOGY OF FINDING A HOUSE AN AIRPORT IS ROADS ARE ANALOGOUS TO DNS SERVERS ANALOGOUS TO ARE ANALOGOUS TO SIGNBOARDS THE ROUTER, CONNECTING VARIOUS CITIES. THE SWITCH CONNECTING HELPING WITH VARIQUS DIRECTIONS HOUSES. MODEMS A DEVICE USED TO CONNECT INTERNET LOCATIONS LIKE OFFICES AND HOMES TO THE INTERNET BY CONNECTING TO A INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER WIFI ACCESS POINTS A DEVICE USED TO TRANSMIT INTERNET SIGNALS OVER RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNALS, ALLOWING FOR WIRELESS CONNECTIONS SOURCES www.CISco.coM HTTP://COMPUTER.HOWSTUFFWORKS.COM/INTERNET/BASICS/INTERNETHTM TAM .COM