How the Internet Works

How does the internet connect countries together?

• Fibre Optic Cables

• Copper cables

• Wireless links (including satellites)

• All of the above

Google uses spiders to...

• Follow all the links on websites to add to its database

• Make the best ever Halloween Google Doodle

• Guess what people will search for

• Hack into your phone

Websites are just one 'service' that uses the internet

• False

• True

Some websites use the protocol https://

The "S" stands for...

• Safety

• Secure

• Sausages

• Spiders

Why do companies use country TLDs for their websites (e.g. amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.fr, amazon.es)

• Because they look cool

• Because it helps people trust their site really is in that country

• Because website addresses are free

• Because they couldn't work out which one was best

An IP address is (pick two answers)

• Unique for each computer and webserver in the world

• Made of GPS coordinates

• Something only big companies can have

• Made of 4 numbers with dots in betweeen

DNS is used for...

• Coming up with names for a website

• Speeding up your broadband connection

• Video calls for free

• Translating a domain name into an IP address

Files sent over a network are split into packets because...

• It's cheaper

• Sending it in packets makes the wifi quicker

• Sending it all in one go would mean errors are more likely

• It's the law to use packets