Hey, so recently in my school our teacher wanted us to spend the next 2-3 weeks making up a program of our own choice. (We learned Java in class but I wanted to try something different and learn C++.) Anyway I'm a beginner at C++ and I was wondering how exactly do programs connect to websites/the internet because I wanted to make a program that would notify me of any updates/changes on a website (such as a blog, forum, etc) and provide and archive of it. What I'm really having trouble with is I have no idea how a program connects to the internet in the first place. Could anyone show me somewhere that I could learn this?