How does the internet work?

How do phone calls get from one continent to another? There are lines (trunk lines, also known as backbone) that layout the framework for one network to communicate with another on the internet. For more detailed information, check out a book or even wikipedia article on the topic.

The seven layers are known as the tubes. These connect between the continents via underground tubes that host vast amounts of black fibre.

The organization that keeps everything together is the RIAA

when you need to go to a website, your comp sends a signal to your modem and the modem sends signal to service provider which sends signal to satellite dish sending signal to website creator's comp by doing the same process in reverse.

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