What is the Internet?

It was great meeting you all today!  In class, Terry talked about how the internet works.  A few years ago, I took CS144, a class that provides a more in-depth answer to that question, and I wrote up an explanation of what I learned.  If you're interested in learning a slightly more detailed and technical description of how the internet works, check out http://www.stanford.edu/~samking/personal/verbose-2011-02/#_Toc285743698.

Also, if that site looks poorly designed, it's because it is!  The code is even uglier.

I hope that you have a great first week of class!
-Sam