The answer to how the web works lies within its infrastructure, it is basically your computer connected to a network which in turn is connected to another network, connected to a network, which are all linked together creating a web.
To break it down your computer would be connected to a internet service provider (ISP) via a modem which connects to a larger network within the internet. Routers act as joiners between networks and determine data's intended destination.
Every computer or device that is connected to the internet has an IP address. This is usually a number code which is known as Internet Protocol, a language that computers use to communicate over the internet.
Web addresses have a system that automatically maps IP addresses to a text name address, This is called Domain Name System, or DNS. A URL is used to find specific web pages, it is also composed with a domain name.
To view a web page DNS servers accept requests from other name servers and convert names to IP addresses. When a request comes in, a DNS server will answer the request by providing a IP address.
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