Central Internet?

brycematheson712

brycematheson712

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Please excuse the dumb question, but I've always wondered this: Is there like...a central internet server which stores ALL of the web pages the internet has contains? I'm almost positive that the answer is no.

So if the answer is no, then how can I view, for example, myspace.com on one server but then visit facebook.com and have it be on another server? How does the browser know which server to call the page from, and how are all internet-capable computers linked to these servers?

Sorry if that doesn't make sense. I've just wondered.
 
Your Internet Service provider has what is called a DNS Server (Domain name servers) when you type in myspace.com on your browser it looks at the DNS server to find out the IP of the server where the website is held and then sends your browser to that server.

Get it?

If you read that correctly you would also know that each website is on a different server, there is not one central internet server.
 
So does that mean that every ISP (ie. Clearwire, Comcast, Verizon, Charter, etc.) has a DNS? How do they keep all of the websites and ip addresses in sync and up to date with all the other ISPs' servers?
 
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