Follow a web page's journey from a server to the screen in your hands.
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When you open a page online, your device sends a request to another computer called a server. That server can send back the page's information.
Information often travels in small packages called packets. Think of them like labeled envelopes carrying coded data, not little pieces cut from a picture.
Packets can cross cables, radio links, and other networks. Special devices called routers help direct them toward the right place.
Your device reads the arriving data and uses it to build the page, picture, or message. How long this takes depends on the connection and how much information must travel.