"Where" is the internet? "Where" does all the uploaded information get stored? Is there an internet HQ or something?
2007-06-07 16:34:44 · 10 answers · asked by Steve B 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet ➔ Other - Internet
The internet isn't a physical object as you might think of it.
It's a vast collection of computers and servers that are connected together, like a huge spiders web. There's no "central HQ".
What holds the internet together is the IP (Internet Protocol) which directs traffic across the network and the DNS (Domain Name System) which maps addresses (like www.yahoo.com) to IP addresses.
2007-06-07 16:41:13 · answer #1 · answered by robds 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dude, you've just tapped into one of the biggest mysteries known to man. The internet is a series of wormholes, created by Nasa scientists, and actually has no shape or form. It's a space-time oddity that defies all physical description, because it resides in another dimension. The best way to grasp it is to watch Back to the Future, and visualize the internet as a tiny bug in Michael J Fox's underpants, that travels with him in the Delorian. Hope that helps.
2007-06-07 23:47:13 · answer #2 · answered by mrtnlu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is distributed, just like the telephone system: there are switching centers all over, and cabling between them. The closest thing to a central thing is the DNS: the Domain Name Server system, which has something like eleven computers which relay name changes to other DNS servers around the globe. When you buy a spot on a web host, the address of that spot gets sent to a DNS machine to be attached to the domain name you have registered.
2007-06-07 23:41:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
companies own servers (big computer systems that are constantly connected to the internet) and domain names (web addresses). when you access a web site, you are looking at files that are on that company's server.
2007-06-07 23:41:26 · answer #4 · answered by David 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I remember correctly, there are servers setup around the world that are the backbones for the WWW.
2007-06-07 23:39:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats Top Secret information........buddy!
But I hear if you walk around Hoboken, NJ you may get some questions answered.
2007-06-07 23:45:19 · answer #6 · answered by Termin8r 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Internet is not centralized into some headquarter or anything like that.
2007-06-07 23:39:54 · answer #7 · answered by Andy T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stored on millions of servers all over the world and outer space, okay not outer space.
2007-06-07 23:42:18 · answer #8 · answered by Will 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a place called "cyber space".
2007-06-07 23:38:02 · answer #9 · answered by sosguy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's like asking where are all telephone numbers.
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2007-06-07 23:40:21 · answer #10 · answered by TameBeast 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋