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How the internet works
Well, sort of. A poster called Malor, over at the online discussion site metafilter.com, has provided a succinct, easy to follow and informative account of how your browser gets to a website when you type in the address.
It's something we don't often think about, having become accustomed to just typing addresses in and getting straight to the page you want. But when Youtube recently went off the air (which is what the Metafilter discussion is all about) it becomes very important indeed.
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