The Journey Inside SM : A Fascinating Look Inside the World of Computers
The Internet
The Internet
Lesson 3: How Information Travels on the Internet
Lesson 1: The World Wide Web
Lesson 2: What is a URL?
Lesson 3: How Information Travels on the Internet
Lesson 4: Breaking Messages Into Packets
Lesson 5: Bigger is Better
Lesson 6: How Computer Speeds Are Measured
Lesson 7: Information on the Internet
Lesson 8: Connecting Wirelessly

How Infomation Travels on the Internet
When you connect to a Web site through an ISP and start exchanging information, there isn't a fixed connection between your computer and the Web server computer hosting the Web site. Instead, information is exchanged using the best possible path at that particular time. Special computers called routers determine these paths, avoiding slow links and favoring fast ones.




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