06/13/2025
How Does Email Know Where to Go? (It’s not magic) 🌐
🏠 1. Unique Address
Just like your home has a street address, every device online has its own unique ID (called an IP address).
🧠 2. Easy-to-Read Names
We can’t remember numbers like 192.168.1.1, so we use names like gmail.com instead.
📘 3. The Internet’s Phone Book (DNS)
When you type a name, the internet looks it up in a big phone book called DNS to find the exact “address.”
Without these 3 things, your email wouldn’t know where to go! 😅
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