How it works
Think of the internet like a big playground with lots of paths. When you send a message from your phone, it travels along these paths to another computer, just like passing a note through the class. The internet is made up of many tiny roads called connections, and the computers use them to talk.
How we built the roads
Long ago, people started building these roads one by one. First, they connected computers in the same room. Then, they linked rooms together, like connecting your classroom with another one across the hall. Soon, whole cities were connected, and now even countries can chat with each other through these connections.
It’s not magic, it’s just a really clever game of passing notes, but on a huge scale! Imagine we turned the whole world into a giant game of telephone, but way cooler.
We made the internet by connecting computers all over the world, like linking up every kid in your school so they can chat with each other no matter where they are.
How it works
Think of the internet like a big playground with lots of paths. When you send a message from your phone, it travels along these paths to another computer, just like passing a note through the class. The internet is made up of many tiny roads called connections, and the computers use them to talk.
How we built the roads
Long ago, people started building these roads one by one. First, they connected computers in the same room. Then, they linked rooms together, like connecting your classroom with another one across the hall. Soon, whole cities were connected, and now even countries can chat with each other through these connections.
It’s not magic, it’s just a really clever game of passing notes, but on a huge scale!
Examples
- A group of scientists connected two computers to share files.
- The first website was created in the 1990s.
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See also
- How did the internet in 1995 differ from its modern form?
- How does a Computer understand your Program?
- How do computer fonts work?
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- How Does Computer Science Basics: Algorithms Work?