How The Internet Works

(4.57 stars) · 506 learner reviews

How The Internet Works teaches the fundamental concepts that power the internet including the evolution of the first computer networks, the importance of breaking digital information into small packets and how information is sent from one computer to another. Additionally, this guide provides helpful information about staying safe online and getting a job in the field of internet technology.

Enrollment fee includes this guide and all of Level's educational and job training guides and certificates. The enrollment fee is a one-time payment - no hidden monthly payments or recurring fees. The enrollment fee includes shipping.

What they'll learn:

  • Understand the core concepts of packets, protocols and decentralization
  • Learn how modern computer networks evolved from early telephone switchboards
  • Begin to explore the four primary “layers” of the internet
  • Understand how information can get from one computer to another halfway around the world

Guide includes:

Job training
Technical knowledge
Career exploration
Quiz

Schedule

Self-guided - learners complete at their own pace

Guide length

44 pages

Time to complete

~10 hours

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Testimonials for this guide:

I cannot thank Level enough for these guides and the knowledge that they contain. All of you all there at Level have given me the opportunity to show the initiative that I am putting into my rehabilitative efforts with each one of these certificates. So, from the four corners of my heart... I say thank you.

- Christopher, in prison in Illinois

I use this guide often to be a step ahead of the game. The internet is an important tool and skill that will be needed once released. This guide wasn't confusing like the other courses. I have been incarcerated for 16 years. Now, everything is done on computers. Level has always been there for me, and I'm grateful.

- Miguel, incarcerated in California

You all at Level relate to the incarcerated's desires and needs to still be productive citizens in society. You realize we are still human beings with families and friends, too. We still strive to return better and renewed! Thank you! I really appreciate this guide and all that you are doing.

- Joseph, in prison in Texas