Eli5 In the days of dial up internet how would large organisations (or even homes with more than 1 computer) enable multiple computers to use the internet at once

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Eli5 In the days of dial up internet how would large organisations (or even homes with more than 1 computer) enable multiple computers to use the internet at once

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Local area network.

You have one computer acting as the server, and other computers connect into that.

When I started working in the 90s it was common for people to have email constantly connected, but only one or two computers have permanent internet access.