First, I would like to clarify something about the article I'm going to write, its not "How the internet works" but " How the web works". There's some differences between them.
Before I bring out a more understandable metaphor, let's start off with a brief explaination - How the web works.
The first basic of web is that it, and maybe internet, works on a client ~ server relationship.
- A Client, web browser in this case, is a User Interface software that runs on your computer that communicates with server(s).
- While the other half - Server, is a computer that performs task for other computers, such as rendering queries of a forum tasks.