Which of the following best explains how data is transmitted on the Internet?

Which of the following best explains how data is transmitted on the Internet?

A. Data is broken into packets, which are all sent to the recipient in a specified order along the same path.

B. Data is broken into packets, which can be sent along different paths.

C. All data is transmitted in a single packet through a direct connection between the sender and the recipient.

D. Multiple data files are bundled together in a packet and transmitted together.

Answer: B. Data is broken into packets, which can be sent along different paths.

This option correctly describes how data is transmitted on the Internet. When conventional data transmission happens through the Internet environment, information transfers are segmented into units you commonly call packets. Every packet has partial information about the data as well as the information about where it is from, where it is going and how to reconstruct the entire message from other such packets. These packets thereby have the opportunity of getting to the destination through other networks apart from the direct one based on such factors as congestion on the network and the existing pathways. This method is called packet switching, which means networks are being utilized in an optimum way and are prone to minimal failure. Finally, at the destination, the packets are segregated into the form of original data without regard to the order in which they are received or the route they follow.