How The INTERNET Works [INFOGRAPHIC]

Almost everyone nowadays uses the Internet. Stuff like Facebook, email, chat, Twitter and YouTube wouldn’t be there without the Internet.  But while the web is so useful and easy to use these days only a few understand how it functions.

If you have ever wondered about it, it’s time to find out. We have made a nice infographic showing exactly how the Internet works.

How The Internet Works

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  • Jeroonk

    Uhm, just pointing out a little mistake:
    The IP-address 123.456.789.012 is a impossible one.

    This is because IP-addresses are not just a string of digits separated by dots. They are actually 4 bytes, represented as [value of byte 1].[value of byte 2].[byte 3].[byte 4].
    Bytes can only store the values 0-255, thus IP-addresses only range from 0.0.0.0 trough 255.255.255.255.

    • Vdbgdukbgd

      also don’t forget that that’s an ipv4 address and the internet is slowly switching to ipv6 (eg: 2001:252:0:1::2008:6)

      • http://www.makeuseof.com/ Aibek

        good point.

    • http://www.makeuseof.com/ Aibek

      thanks for pointing it out, it was a typo.

  • Jeroonk

    Uhm, just pointing out a little mistake:
    The IP-address 123.456.789.012 is a impossible one.

    This is because IP-addresses are not just a string of digits separated by dots. They are actually 4 bytes, represented as [value of byte 1].[value of byte 2].[byte 3].[byte 4].
    Bytes can only store the values 0-255, thus IP-addresses only range from 0.0.0.0 trough 255.255.255.255.

  • Vdbgdukbgd

    also don’t forget that that’s an ipv4 address and the internet is slowly switching to ipv6 (eg: 2001:252:0:1::2008:6)

  • Vdbgdukbgd

    other than some small errors and oversights this is great

  • Vdbgdukbgd

    other than some small errors and oversights this is great

  • http://www.facebook.com/daveyy.king David King

    Are you sure you meant proctocol suite?

  • David King

    Are you sure you meant proctocol suite?

  • Anonymous

    NAP isn’t “Network Access Protection” … It’s “Network Access Point” … and it isn’t a server

    • http://www.makeuseof.com/ Aibek

      apologies

  • wayhomer

    NAP isn’t “Network Access Protection” … It’s “Network Access Point” … and it isn’t a server

  • Anonymous

    Why does the makuseof logo look like something from mspaint?

  • xabbott

    Why does the makuseof logo look like something from mspaint?

  • Wily

    Sorry but this is utter crap: “addresses are like names”? No, addresses are numbers. You then need the DNS to allow the use of names meaningful to humans. This “infographic” offers very little in the way the Internet actually works.

  • Wily

    Sorry but this is utter crap: “addresses are like names”? No, addresses are numbers. You then need the DNS to allow the use of names meaningful to humans. This “infographic” offers very little in the way the Internet actually works.

  • http://www.ashout.com/ P.K.ARUN

    Really nice infographic… thanks.

  • P.K.ARUN

    Really nice infographic… thanks.

  • JK III

    Can someone point me to list of countries with “no internet connection”? All I could find was countries where internet traffic is censored/regulated.

  • JK III

    Can someone point me to list of countries with “no internet connection”? All I could find was countries where internet traffic is censored/regulated.

  • http://www.casino-sonalia.com/jeux-casino/video-poker/ Video Poker

    Of course this infographic is not too precise because it has been made for people who are Internet novice. If you detail the whole process it will be incomprehensible for those people. So, I think this infographic is not that bad and helps people to understand how the Internet works, basically.

  • Video Poker

    Of course this infographic is not too precise because it has been made for people who are Internet novice. If you detail the whole process it will be incomprehensible for those people. So, I think this infographic is not that bad and helps people to understand how the Internet works, basically.

  • nobodysfool

    uh, who cares?

  • nobodysfool

    uh, who cares?

  • zach

    I really don’t think the few mistakes on here are that big of a deal (though the impossible IP is a bit of a doozy, but the rest is fairly accurate). I’m a network engineer and I wish some of the people I worked with at least knew this much…. believe me. You gotta love getting calls saying “I can’t get to Google, is the internet down?”

    …. Yes, the entire World Wide Web is down.

    • zach

      Oh and also, the TCP joke is great. “You down with TCP, yeah you know me.”

      UDP just makes it rain then leaves.

      • mickey

        Zach, being more novice than not, i don’t get the TCP joke, can you explain it? thanks Mickey

  • zach

    I really don’t think the few mistakes on here are that big of a deal (though the impossible IP is a bit of a doozy, but the rest is fairly accurate). I’m a network engineer and I wish some of the people I worked with at least knew this much…. believe me. You gotta love getting calls saying “I can’t get to Google, is the internet down?”

    …. Yes, the entire World Wide Web is down.

  • zach

    Oh and also, the TCP joke is great. “You down with TCP, yeah you know me.”

    UDP just makes it rain then leaves.

  • http://watch-housemd-online.net House MD Stream

    Wow, really interesting, I never knew 18 countires don’t even have internet.

  • House MD Stream

    Wow, really interesting, I never knew 18 countires don’t even have internet.

  • http://www.anthonycalzadilla.com Anthony Calzadilla

    Pretty smart, If you click on the graphic you can see it was created by an organization that sells online education leads. High PR, 200K back links… pretty smart.

  • Anthony Calzadilla

    Pretty smart, If you click on the graphic you can see it was created by an organization that sells online education leads. High PR, 200K back links… pretty smart.

  • Jkuhenbeaker

    I really like the shade of green you chose… and I cant find that hue in ms paint…WTF!

  • Jkuhenbeaker

    I really like the shade of green you chose… and I cant find that hue in ms paint…WTF!

  • mickey

    Zach, being more novice than not, i don’t get the TCP joke, can you explain it? thanks Mickey

  • Aibek

    thanks for pointing it out, it was a typo.

  • Aibek

    apologies

  • Jose Benito

    Please, I need translate to Spanish, is posible? I see is very interesting.

  • Jose Benito

    Please, I need translate to Spanish, is posible? I see is very interesting.

  • speller

    Ukraine is misspelled as “Ukrane”.

    • http://www.makeuseof.com/ Aibek

      thanks for heads up.

  • speller

    Ukraine is misspelled as “Ukrane”.