human
I've always wondered how the Internet works. Can you give me some basic information?
assistant
The Internet is a global network of computers that uses a standard set of rules to communicate with each other. Computers connected to the Internet can access resources, such as files and programs, stored on other computers. To send data from one computer to another, it must be converted into a format that can be understood by the recipient's computer. This conversion process is called "packet switching."