{"id":1701,"date":"2026-10-12T18:23:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T18:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/12\/how-the-internet-works\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T18:23:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T18:23:04","slug":"how-the-internet-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/12\/how-the-internet-works\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Internet Works: From Your Phone to a Website and Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/how-the-internet-works-infographic.png\" alt=\"Infographic: How the Internet Works: From Your Phone to a Website and Back\" class=\"wp-image-1700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/how-the-internet-works-infographic.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/how-the-internet-works-infographic-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/how-the-internet-works-infographic-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/how-the-internet-works-infographic-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>When you type a website name and press Enter, the page appears in a second or two. Behind that simple action is a remarkable global system. Here is what happens, step by step.<\/p>\n<h2>1. Your device connects to a network<\/h2><p>Your phone or laptop connects to the internet through Wi-Fi, mobile data or a cable. Your <strong>Internet Service Provider (ISP)<\/strong>, such as a telecom or broadband company, links you to the wider internet.<\/p>\n<h2>2. DNS finds the address<\/h2><p>Computers do not understand names like tiwaripedia.com. They use numerical <strong>IP addresses<\/strong>. The <strong>Domain Name System (DNS)<\/strong> works like the internet&#8217;s phone book, translating the website name into the IP address of the server that holds it.<\/p>\n<h2>3. Your request travels in packets<\/h2><p>Your request is broken into small chunks called <strong>packets<\/strong>. Each packet carries part of the data plus the destination address. Packets may take different routes and are reassembled at the other end. The rules for this are called <strong>TCP\/IP<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>4. Routers direct the traffic<\/h2><p><strong>Routers<\/strong> act like traffic police, passing packets from network to network towards their destination. Data between continents mostly travels through <strong>undersea fibre-optic cables<\/strong> as pulses of light, not via satellites.<\/p>\n<h2>5. The server responds<\/h2><p>A <strong>server<\/strong> is a powerful computer that stores websites. It receives your request and sends back the page&#8217;s files (text, images and code) as packets.<\/p>\n<h2>6. Your browser builds the page<\/h2><p>Your browser reassembles the packets and displays the page. The padlock icon and &#8220;https&#8221; mean the data is <strong>encrypted<\/strong>, so others cannot read it in transit.<\/p>\n<h2>Internet vs World Wide Web<\/h2><ul><li>The <strong>internet<\/strong> is the global network of connected computers.<\/li><li>The <strong>World Wide Web<\/strong>, invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989, is the system of web pages and links that runs on top of the internet.<\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What happens when you open a website? 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