THENARRATION

How the Internet Works

Your whole day runs over Wi-Fi, 4G and WhatsApp, and nobody has shown you a packet. One part at a time, from the message you send to the cable under the sea, in plain words.

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01

Packets and IP Addresses

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What the internet is, and how anything you send crosses it: in numbered pieces, each carrying an address, passed from machine to machine.

02

DNS and the Web

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What happens between typing a web address and seeing the page: the name turned into an address, the page asked for and sent, the padlock, the cookie, and the copy kept nearby.

03

Home Networks

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The network you own: the box your provider installed, the Wi-Fi it makes, why the far room is slow, and the other radio in your pocket, Bluetooth.

04

Mobile Networks

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The network that follows you: the SIM that proves who you are, the cells that hand you on, what 4G and 5G change, roaming, and why the signal drops.

05

Internet Infrastructure

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The physical internet: cables across oceans, satellites overhead, the agreements that join the networks, the buildings that hold the cloud, and what happens when one piece fails.