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Okay so this is what happens when you type something into your google search bar, now obviously the process is allot more complicated then this but I have done it this way to show it as simply as posssible (for people that aren’t very tech savvy) Once you type something the request gets sent through your modem, this could be a connection via wired or wireless, in this diagram I have shown a wired connection, then from the modem it relays the request all the way to a server (likely halfway across the globe) which process your request and decides whether it gives you access or not, If it does then you know because whatever you type loads. To note this happens within the span of just a few seconds, probably less depending on your internet speed,

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