How Does the Web Work?

Question 1

What is the internet?

Answer 1

The internet is a worldwide network of linked computers. Each of these computers can communicate with each other in a specific format.

Question 2

What are packets and how are they used to transfer data?

Answer 2

Packets are the information of the internet. Packets are sent from the sender to the receiver in a specific format that contains all the information needed to communicate.

Question 3

Web Page

Answer 3

The page you look at in your browser.

Question 4

Web Server

Answer 4

The computer that has the code for how the webpage should look and act.

Question 5

Web Browser

Answer 5

A program on a computer that displays web pages.

Question 6

Search Engine

Answer 6

A web server that searches all other web servers for information. A user can then pull up the web page on their web browser and search for a site.

Question 7

Client

Answer 7

A computer or internet device that requests information from a server.

Question 8

Server

Answer 8

A computer that receives requests (as packets) from the client and responds with the appropriate data.

Question 9

DNS Server

Answer 9

The “phone book” of the internet. They translate domain names into IP addresses.

Question 10

What happens when you run a search on google.com?

Answer 10

When you run a search on google.com in your web browser, the site (Google) runs through all of the information in it’s servers and delivers a series of websites and web pages that best match your inquiry.