How Does the Internet Work?
Between the advent of the modern mail system, to the development of electronic means of communication such as the telephone, our ability to share thoughts and ideas with other people has gone from days to hours, to seconds. The main proponent of this improved communication speed is the internet. The internet allows us to share any and all kinds of information between just about anyone in the whole world. From simple text, to photos, videos, and music, you can share just about anything with anyone anywhere. This technology has enabled the rapid advancement of subjects such as Science, Medicine, and person to person communication, but it has also contributed to the decline in the arts, physical talent, and overall health.
The question is, how does this modern communication marvel work?
First, to access the internet you will need a computer. Just a simple, CPU, monitor, keyboard, and mouse will do. This machine takes all the signals it receives from the modem and converts it into understandable letters, movies, and sounds for humans. Second, you will need access to the internet via a modem. A modem is kind of like a telephone in the way that it accepts the information, and relays it to the handset (computer) so that we can interact with it. Depending on the modem you have you can get faster (or slower) information transfer. The speed of your modem usually depends on your service provider. Most providers offer DSL (which stands for Digital Satellite Link) speed, while others do offer faster speeds such as broadband or T1 (which are faster speeds) for things such as videos, photos, movies and other media that usually requires more time to download, or transfer between locations.
Some people feel that wiring their computer directly into their modem is the only way to access the internet, but a relatively new advancement in internet technology is wireless internet, meaning that you can access the internet from anywhere within the range of your router. The way wireless internet works is instead of plugging your computer into the modem, you plug in a piece of equipment called a router. A router’s function is to relay the internet signal to a wireless card which is either plugged into your computer, or already built in to your computer. Some people, upon discovering wireless internet, have found that many of their neighbors already have a wireless network established.
In short, the internet is a vast “web” of connected people, places, and ideas. No matter how you access it or how you use it once you are connected, you are free to share your ideas, experiences, and memories with anyone in the world who is willing to listen. This gives a person a great amount of freedom to do what they so choose with, often with little to no responsibility at all.
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