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#5 How does the Internet work?

Kopec Explains Software

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The Layers to the Internet

There are four layers to the internet. The link layer is how we actually get information physically from one component to the next part of the network. We have the internet layer, which is about routing those packets. And then there's the application layer where all the technology is in place that allows us to get information that's intelligible and do something with it.

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