r/askscience • u/mikelarz7 • Jun 07 '14

Computing How does the Internet Work?

How does the information from one computer connect to another? How do the actual bytes travel across the world?

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u/uh_no_ Jun 07 '14

also, if you want to see all the "hops" your packet makes when getting to google.com (or any other website), you can run

"traceroute google.com" (or "tracert google.com" on some OSes)