The first step to getting into this field is to understand how it works. Here are some questions that I have found many people simply don’t understand:

How does the internet work?
When I put up a website, where does it go?
When I enter a website address into my browser, what is happening?

I have talked to people about this and the confusion is definitely rampant. Most people have never really thought about where a website comes from. Its just the mysterious “they” who do it, I guess. Also, contrary to what Senator Ted Stevens said, the internet is not really a “series of tubes”.

So, let’s take a look at how this all works.