How does the Web work?


From tubes and satellites to web browsers, a look at how users explore the Internet. — Dreamstime/TNS

“The Internet is a series of tubes,” said the late American senator Ted Stevens back in 2006.

Though mocked and made into a meme, he was partially correct in describing the Internet.

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