Demystifying the Internet

Demystifying the Internet

What Happens When You Go Online?

What Happens When You Go Online?

AOL

AOL

Robert

Robert

www.IRS.com

www.IRS.com

What  really  happens  when  you  go  to  a  web  site?  We  find  that  there  are  is  a  tremendous  amount  of

confusion about this.

Let's say Robert is sitting at home, using AOL for his Internet Service Provider (which is also known as his

ISP for short), and wants to visit IRS.com (to get some forms, for example). As you know, Robert turns on

his computer and dials  his  modem  up (or uses his  Cable modem,  DSL  or  T1 line)  to connect  to an  AOL

server.

  However, the misconception is that once you have done this, AOL's server connects you to IRS.com, and

that's all there is to it.

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