How does assembly language interact with something like the Internet?

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Published on 2010-04-12T01:55:29Z Indexed on 2010/04/12 2:03 UTC
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So I was thinking about languages the other day, and it struck me that any program written in a compiled language that interacts with the Internet is then translated into assembly that has to interact with the Internet. I've just begun learning a bit of x86 assembly to help me understand C++ a bit better, and I'm baffled by how something so low-level could do something like access the Internet.

I'm sure the full answer to this question is much more than would fit in a SO answer, but could somebody give me maybe a basic summary?

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