Have you ever complained about how slow your Internet connection is? You might not, once you understand what really happens when you try and pull up a website. Here's a video that shows what happens when someone in England requests the World Science Festival web page. This video is an oldie, but goodie. It was made in 2013 and it's still one of my favorites.
Click here if you want to really geek out and learn more about the Internet. There are videos about:
Click here if you want to really geek out and learn more about the Internet. There are videos about:
- How the Internet Works
- The Cloud
- World Wide Web
- Address: IP, URL, DNS, TLDs, gTLDs
- How a Search Engine Works
- Digging a Little Deeper - What is HTTP, HTML and Cookies?
- Data Centers
- Laying Undersea Cables
- Spooky Stuff - like "How Does Your Web Browser Know Your Location?", "How internet advertisers read your mind" and "How Google knows everywhere you go and how to stop it"