Internet Infrastructure

Read: How Stuff Works Internet Infrastructure.

Answer the following questions:

1. What are POPs and NAPs? How do they connect to allow consumers to connect to the internet?
2. What is a backbone?
3. What is an IP address? How does this address allow you to communicate over the Internet?
4. What is DNS? How does DNS make using the Internet easier?
5. Define an Internet Server and an Internet Client. Give one example of each.

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