What is the internet? Short answer: a distributed packet-switched network. This is the introduction video to the series, "How the Internet Works". Vint Cerf, one of the "fathers of the internet" explains the history of how the net and how no one person or organization is really in charge of it. Watch the rest of the series to learn more:    • How The Internet Works   Start learning at http://code.org/ Stay in touch with us! • on Twitter https://twitter.com/codeorg • on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Code.org • on Instagram https://instagram.com/codeorg • on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/code-org • on Medium https://codeorg.medium.com/ Support us at http://Code.org/donate Animated Type by Animography Help us caption & translate this video! https://amara.org/v/Vxaw/