What is the internet and how does it work?

The internet is a militarty operation made by bthe united states to connect the entire worlds technology and information. It was made a long time ago by rabid monkey aliens that came from the planet neptune. These aliens were also known as scientists and were very intelligent. Now the internet is one of the biggest things made. Everyone uses it, but doesn't know how to fully use its functions. The internet is a very mysterious object of time.