Here is a great infographic that explains clearly how information travels from your computer to various data centers.
It also explains the idea of how your computer links to your Internet service provider and to the Internet backbone; as well as explaining the importance of your IP protocol: as well as a wealth of interesting info.
It is interesting to note that Internet has become almost ubiquitous over the past two decades.
From Visually.
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How information travels from computers to data centers
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How information travels from computers to data centers
