Internet computers

alienmidget · 08-05-2005, 04:44 AM

I was sitting around yesterday surfing the net and I remembered one of my computer teaching tell us that there are 6 really big computers that run the entire internet. Is this true? I'm sure if it is no one would know where they're at. Any thoughts on this?

Bunchofstuff · 08-05-2005, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by alienmidget

I was sitting around yesterday surfing the net and I remembered one of my computer teaching tell us that there are 6 really big computers that run the entire internet. Is this true? I'm sure if it is no one would know where they're at. Any thoughts on this?

Nope, thats not true, all the info on the net is stored on alotta servers

**DCIScouts** · 08-05-2005, 07:17 AM

Yes, that is not true. Originally as one of many stories goes, the US government originally formed the internet by allowing some local school systems connect to their databases for research and informational purposes. Then, once it got outside their control, they tried to shut it down by turning off their servers, however, that didn't work and that's one story. Maybe true, maybe not, but the point is that we would have to have a world wide power outage and communication disruption to shut down the internet, and even then, I doubt it really would. Probably your friend, assuming they live in the US, meant that the US government has copies of everything to monitor, but even that's extremely unlikely, unless they have some means of storage that hasn't even been fathomed by the general public yet...

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alienmidget Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 93	Internet computers I was sitting around yesterday surfing the net and I remembered one of my computer teaching tell us that there are 6 really big computers that run the entire internet. Is this true? I'm sure if it is no one would know where they're at. Any thoughts on this?

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08-05-2005, 07:17 AM	#3 (permalink)
DCIScouts Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Age: 26 Posts: 5,261	Yes, that is not true. Originally as one of many stories goes, the US government originally formed the internet by allowing some local school systems connect to their databases for research and informational purposes. Then, once it got outside their control, they tried to shut it down by turning off their servers, however, that didn't work and that's one story. Maybe true, maybe not, but the point is that we would have to have a world wide power outage and communication disruption to shut down the internet, and even then, I doubt it really would. Probably your friend, assuming they live in the US, meant that the US government has copies of everything to monitor, but even that's extremely unlikely, unless they have some means of storage that hasn't even been fathomed by the general public yet...