How does the Internet work?
Nov 8 · 6 min read
The internet is everywhere, used by 4.35 billion of the 7.72 billion people that inhabit the Earth. That’s about 56% of humanity and arguably it impacts almost everyone on the planet.
But how does it work?
I learned the technical answer to this question through studying for a degree in Software Engineering. Answering this question in laypersons terms, or for the non-specialist is somewhat harder. Some will argue about the simplifications, abstractions and analogies I will use but the intention is to make things a bit clearer for anyone who…

