The Internet is a lot like an airport 👨‍✈️👩‍✈️🧑‍✈️

this is not a new thought I thunk. I've had this thought since Ralph wrecked the internet. 

it all began when I first saw the TCIP model for how devices are connected to the internet and how ALL THAT works.

I tell you, before that day I use to go page after page to understand what the internet is and HOW it works and NOBODY thought about bringing up the TCIP model.

so that day became a core memory for me...

for those of you unfamiliar with the TCIP model.

it a STACK* of 4 layers (although some people use something called the "OS model" which is more detailed, but in a good way.) 

*I say STACK because stacks are a type of data structure that works on a First in, Last out basis.

in the model above (because we're not talking about PHYSICAL objects, so gravity isn't a factor.) the first layer is the Network layer, sometimes called the IP layer. 

and this is where my airport thought comes in! 

these 4 or 7 layers (depending what model you use) 

your device, and all of our devices are all connected to routers, firewalls, gateways, hubs etc and they use information from our device's IP addresses and port numbers to understand what we're doing and to send those packets of information across the internet and back again with new information that we're all looking for. - all within seconds or milliseconds.

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a lot of articles online say the internet is made from all of our interconnected devices and then stop there. which left me feeling unsatisfied.

and people telling me to think of IP or MAC addresses like a home address that IDs our homes.

some people go a step further and say the internet and networks are like buildings and roads with cars. 

and I suppose you can go with a road, railway etc metaphor,

but I vibe with my airport methaphor. I mean internet protocols sound like various airliners! 

and transportation all serve the same purpose so there's no BIG DEAL and "we see what we want to see, when we're ready to see it." ✅☑️✅

I said at the start when "Ralph wrecked the internet" when I saw that movie and Ralph and Venelope were in the internet, I saw what I wanted to see: an airport/railway station with vendors serving Internet protocols. 💻🌐

I don't have anything else to add to this post, so I'm ending things here and idk when I'll write another blog for nobody to read/find. 

Bye for now 👋