A BIG CITY CALLED INTERNET
The internet is a city where everyone lives. Imagine the internet as the biggest city in the world. Each house is a computer, each shop is a website, and the streets are cables and signals that connect everything. When you want to visit a site, it’s like getting in a car and driving to a store.
Streets: The streets of this city are like internet cables and Wi-Fi signals. They carry information from one place to another.
Addresses: Each house (computer) has a unique address called an IP address.
Mail: When you request to view a webpage or send an email, it’s like sending a letter. Your request travels through the “streets” until it reaches a “building” (server) where the information lives. That building then sends the response back to you.
Shops: When you enter a website, you are visiting one of these shops in the Internet city. Some shops sell things (e-commerce sites), others provide information (like a library or a blog).
Public Transport: Google is like a tour guide or public transportation. It helps you find the shop or house you’re looking for as quickly as possible but be aware that Google isn’t the only tour guide in the city; it’s just the best known.
HOW IT WORKS
- You request something: You click on something or type in a site. This is like telling your “car” where you want to go.
- The request travels: Your request leaves your computer, through the “streets,” until it finds the right place.
- Response: The place (server) you “visited” sends back what you asked for, whether it’s a webpage, a photo, or a video.
- You receive: And voilà! What you requested shows up on your screen.
So, the internet is basically this: a network of “streets” connecting millions of “houses” and “shops,” where you can go anywhere almost instantly without leaving your couch. Its name couldn’t be more self-explanatory: Internet means International Network.