👨‍💻: Previously we saw how the Internet and WWW are related. Now let's try to go a bit deeper into the intricacies of how the internet and WWW work. There are a lot of wonderfully written articles across the web. The idea here is just to point to those links in a structured manner.

How does the internet work?

The Internet is the backbone of the Web, the technical infrastructure that makes the Web possible. At its most basic, the Internet is a large network of computers that communicate altogether.

Even though there might be a lot of terminologies to digest, let's not worry too much about those. The idea is to get an overall picture of what the Internet is comprised of. Do remember that this is a higher-level picture and networking itself is a mammoth topic to talk about.

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Web and the web standards

👨‍💻: Previously we talked about the history of WWW and the technologies we should learn to develop websites. Now let's try to understand a bit more about the specifications of these technologies and the technologies themselves.

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How the web works

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If you are a visual learner check out Web demistified

Below is a highly ripped-off version of the interaction from Browser(Client) to Server:

What is a Domain name

Domain names are a key part of the Internet infrastructure. They provide a human-readable address for any web server available on the Internet.

Ex: hashnode.com or

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What is an URL

To see any specific content on the web, the user needs to know the URL of the content and this would be typed in by the user in the Browser(Client).

Ex: stick-tech.hashnode.dev/the-website-rush

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Difference between webpage, website, and web server

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What is a Web Server

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👨‍💻: In the next article let's talk about how the browsers work, the OSI model, DNS, and more before we start working on creating web pages.

👨: This is interesting and 🤯. Thanks, Bob.