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The internet and how it works

 Internet  Internet refers to worldwide network of computers (Rao, 2018) . Each device connected to the internet is identified by TCP/IP protocols  and every device on the internet has its own IP address. Computers on the internet can be given domain name. The IP is the centre of communication on internet. The internet started in the 1960s in an effort to connect computers that were remotely located. There are three different types of network namely centralized, decentralized and distributed networks. Centralized network: computers are connected through a single router. Decentralized network: Many routers connects to many clients. Distributed network: Here all nodes are non- hierarchically connect to each other, they can communicate directly to each other Independent networks are interconnected by the Internet Protocol(IP) addresses. IP addresses are saved or stored as four bytes.  The presence of IP on the internet allow devices on the internet to send a messag...