When you browse to a website you're requesting to see a website that is possibly served to you across continents, routed through a vast network of domain name servers and IP addresses in long strings of coding and rendered in a browser. These things don't happen magically! They were written by millions of people and stitched together in an intricate network of computers and cables. The magic is that you have the ability to seemlessly tap into this network as you're laying in bed watching netflix, facebook creeping your latest crush, or looking up a delicious recipe for your favorite apple pie.
We take this for granted! Let me dymistify this a bit for you. I won't try and teach about how to actually do any of this stuff but give you a high-level understanding of what "it" actually is and where to look to learn more.
When you type in a url, let's say netflix.com
you are actually REQUESTing an address. Your request travels over WIFI and