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How the Internet Works

Ladybug Podcast

English - September 07, 2020 07:00 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 161 ratings
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There’s a classic interview question: what happens when you type a URL into the browser? To answer this question, we need to explore how the internet works. In this episode, our first of season 4, we’ll dive into URLs, DNS, basic networking, and how the browser works.


Show Notes

02:08 Life updates!
04:19 How much do we know about the internet?
06:11 Servers
12:08 DNS lookup
19:04 Request/Response Cycle
27:48 TCP/IP
28:46 The browser
33:13 Internet history
36:09 Shoutouts

Resources

How the internet works
Systems Design Episode
Put vs. Post
How the Browser Works

Transcript

Here is the transcript for this week's episode.