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04 May 2012, 7:27 pm

I probably definitely will seem like a noob with this post to some of you guys. But I don't care, I am a noob!

But I am extremely interested in learning about how the internet works. About stuff like: UDP, TCP, IRC, HTTP and all the typical internet jargon.

However I do not know a single thing about the basics. I am studying a degree in a sciences and not computing but I am still extremely interested in learning a lot of this stuff. I don't want to be a programmer, but I want to learn about how the internet works.

Can you guys suggest any materials, resources, sites etc for me to learn the basics from?

Thanks,
Joe



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04 May 2012, 8:25 pm

Type "How does the Internet work?" into your search bar minus the quote marks. You can also look up info on it at your local library.


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05 May 2012, 10:02 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Protocol_Suite



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05 May 2012, 2:55 pm

JoeRose wrote:
I probably definitely will seem like a noob with this post to some of you guys. But I don't care, I am a noob!

But I am extremely interested in learning about how the internet works. About stuff like: UDP, TCP, IRC, HTTP and all the typical internet jargon.

However I do not know a single thing about the basics. I am studying a degree in a sciences and not computing but I am still extremely interested in learning a lot of this stuff. I don't want to be a programmer, but I want to learn about how the internet works.

Can you guys suggest any materials, resources, sites etc for me to learn the basics from?

Thanks,
Joe


This is all covered in detail in almost every A+ certification prep literature.



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05 May 2012, 7:16 pm

Burzum wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Protocol_Suite


I've been browsing a lot of wikipedia sites like this but I find that they don't really do a good job of explaining things in laymans terms. They kind of already expect me to have a working knowledge of the terminology and phrases but I don't! I'm not used to this because I have an extremely good working knowledge of science and when I browse wikipedia articles on science I can understand a lot of it I know would elude most people. I can know kinda see where they come from when I'm trying to learn about the internet. I just wish there was a resource where every term and definition was explained as it goes along... but I'm yet to find one!



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06 May 2012, 12:24 pm

Well there are inline links in the Wikipedia articles that you can click... Which specific terms do you need clarification for? I would like to explain but I don't know your level of knowledge.



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07 May 2012, 3:15 pm

I found this which I have only just started watching. If it covers all the terms in the info section of the video then I think I will be pretty much sorted. But if you have any further resources I'd be very grateful!

[youtube]http://http://youtu.be/-_8RiVz0yd4[/youtube]