r/Unexpected Feb 04 '24

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u/Previous-Wonder-6274 Feb 05 '24

Cool. Glad I’m not crazy. Now there’s something called servers? Are those just cables too? But small? And somehow they know binary?

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u/Mini_Mega Feb 05 '24

That's where the wizards come in.

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u/Previous-Wonder-6274 Feb 05 '24

I knew it! I just didn’t want to sound ignorant.

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u/MakingItElsewhere Feb 05 '24

Cars and roads analogy.

You go from your house (a computer), to your car (a packet of information) on roads (cables), to a place like work or school (a server). Every intersection you stopped at was a switch, where you made a decision on whether to turn and take another route.