<p>http://youtu.be/WwyJGzZmBe8 How does the Internet work? The question is much easier to <a href="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2006/06/your_own_person/" title="">mock</a> than to answer, but this video from the <a href="http://worldsciencefestival.com/videos/there_and_back_again_a_packets_tale" title="">World Science Festival</a> manages to beautifully illustrate one of the essentials of Internet communication, explaining how information stored on a server in Los Angeles travels in packets to a computer screen in England. [via <a href="http://boingboing.net/2012/06/06/fing-internet-how-does-it.html" title="">Boing Boing</a>] </p><div class="vert-display-toggle collapsible relative flex flex-col items-center "><div class="vert-unit mt-4 mb-3 top-20"><div ad-type="mobile-desktop" class="ad-wrapper vert min-h-boombox flex items-start justify-center" data-ad-mapping="inline" data-ad-slot="Discover/inline-ad" id="div-inline-ad-0"></div></div><span aria-label="Advertisement" class="text-ad mt-1 text-[11px] uppercase">Advertisement</span></div>

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http://youtu.be/WwyJGzZmBe8 How does the Internet work? The question is much easier to mock than to answer, but this video from the World Science Festival manages to beautifully illustrate one of the essentials of Internet communication, explaining how information stored on a server in Los Angeles travels in packets to a computer screen in England. [via Boing Boing]

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