Right now, you're probably sitting on your couch with a laptop in your lap, a tablet in your hands, or a smartphone in your palm.
You're moving around the Internet, sending emails, watching videos, and reading this post.
It can seem like those activities take place in a non-physical, vaporous world.
There are no wires connecting you to the Internet, no hoses pumping, and no gears whirring.
It all seems very airy - almost magical.
It isn't!
Your emails, this website, and the YouTube videos you watch are stored in a very physical place. Accessing them is a very phsycial process.
It starts with you using a Google Webpage, maybe for a search
Your clicks and queries end up here, at a Google server farm near you
These places require lots of people to keep running
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