How does the internet work?
Internet; interconnected networks.
Internet, think all sorts of computers and devices communicating with each other. So, how are all these devices identified in the network for effective communication, you may ask?
IP Address - (Internet Protocal Address) is both your short and long answer respectively. Which is a unique label for identification, think your computer's phone number on the internet.
Then we have it's cousin, port number(s), that add(s) more details about how to communicate, think of company phone extensions.
151.101.1.140 is the IP Address of reddit. My favourite destination to look up product reviews; books, skin care, you name it.
151.101.1.140:80 would be it's IP Address with a port number 80.
It is important to note that, effective communication is achieved when each device has a public IP address, provided by an Internet Service Provider.
Rewind to our first post, we typed a URL on our browsers's address bar.
But, above we just learnt that the server we are accessing has an IP Address.
Why? DNS.
Next up, DNS.
Side note, we have an assignment today! Lookup the IP Address of your favourite website.
