eli5 , How does a server receive thousands of requests at a time ?

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I always wonder how a server like google server receive thousands of request from people at once! I understand the signals are passed through fibernet cable, but won’t those signals collide ? Or how can some small wire handle soo many requests at once ? iin my mind a wire can only take one request at a time. I know these happens close to light speed, but still! its very hard to understand.

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the wires are not handling anything in this scenario, they transfer data but what that data is doesnt really matter much to that wire.

how companies like google handle so many requests is having a LOT of bandwidth.

specifically google and a few others are even operating their own undersea cables so they have bandwidth available just for their own services.

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