Learn how the internet works with a simple guide on DNS, IP addresses, and routing—explained clearly to show how online ...

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Networks, and the internet, don't identify computers (of any size, even your smartphone) by the name you give them. Computers prefer numbers, and the numbers they use as identifiers are called IP ...