What is the internet? 13 key questions answered
by Ian Sample, Science editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#41AD8)
Thousands of miles of cables connected to data centres underpin our way of life. How many people are online, what are they doing there - and what comes next?
The internet is the wider network that allows computer networks around the world run by companies, governments, universities and other organisations to talk to one another. The result is a mass of cables, computers, data centres, routers, servers, repeaters, satellites and wifi towers that allows digital information to travel around the world.
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