How+the+Internet+works

Watch this short video which explains how the world wide web in plain English

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How does the Internet work?
Explore [|this site] to see how the Internet works

In order to really understand how the Internet works, we need to first understand the principle of [|protocols]. For one computer to speak to another computer they need to both use the same protocol. There are a number of Internet protocols which can be split into 2 different categories:

Transmission protocols

Internet service protocols