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Linux Documentation Project: How Does the Internet Work?
Find out how the Internet works by exploring some key Internet concepts. Here you can read about hostnames and locations, the domain name system, packets and routers, TCP and IP, and HTTP.
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Learn the Net: Domain Names
This article explains the part of a URL (Web address) called the "domain name," and the meaning of domain name suffixes, such as ".com" and ".org."