HubSpot: How the Internet Works: An Explanation Even Non-Techies Can Understand

HubSpot just published a interesting blog:

The internet is a marvel of modern technology, connecting people and information across the globe. But have you ever wondered how it actually works? In this blog post, we‘ll break it down into easy-to-understand terms, so that anybody and everybody can grasp how this invention works — and how it’s changed the globe. How the Internet Began Nikola Tesla introduced the idea of a “world wireless system” in the 1900s. From there, other visionaries such as Paul Otlet and Vannevar Bush began to build on the idea 1930s and 1940s, with plans of searchable media databases that played as stepping stones paving the way to the modern internet. M.I.T. scientist J.C.R. Licklider came up with a solution in 1962: an “intergalactic computer network” that would allow for communication on a global scale. What Licklider described would eventually become the modern internet. However, in order to make it happen, scientists would

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