the.com/telecommunications
Civilization's nervous system, built so you never have to walk over and ask.
means The technology of sending information—voice, text, images, data—across distances using electronic signals.
from Greek tele (far) bolted onto Latin communicare (to share); coined in French as telecommunication around 1904, when distance first started shrinking on purpose.
Speed limitSignals travel near light speed, roughly 200,000 km per second in fiber.
First wordMorse's telegraph debuted with What hath God wrought.
Undersea backboneCables on the seafloor carry over 95 percent of internet traffic.
Bell's leadHe beat a rival to the telephone patent by hours.