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Expand Up @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ This section contains a general overview of topics that you will learn in this l
1. Watch this BBC short for an [overview of how the internet works](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHp1l73ztB8).
1. Read this [Mozilla article on "How does the internet work?"](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Learn/Common_questions/How_does_the_Internet_work).
1. Watch [How the Internet Works in 5 Minutes](https://youtu.be/7_LPdttKXPc?t=46s).
1. Watch [How the Web Brings You Websites] with nice comparison to real life examples (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDUEgYrAv2c).
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Let's move this into the additional resources instead of the lesson assignment.

1. Read up on the [differences between a web page, a web server, and a search engine](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Learn/Common_questions/Pages_sites_servers_and_search_engines).
1. Watch this [Google short explaining what a web browser is](https://youtu.be/BrXPcaRlBqo). Then, use this site to [find out your current web browser and version](https://www.whatsmybrowser.org/).
1. Read about [how different parts of the web interact with each other](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/How_the_Web_works#Clients_and_servers) and read this [MDN article about how a DNS request works](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Common_questions/Web_mechanics/What_is_a_domain_name#how_does_a_dns_request_work). Alternatively, here is a [video about how a DNS request works](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72snZctFFtA&t=45s).
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