How does a web site know the location of my computre?

Some web sites, those I have not visited before, show the city where I am located. How does that happen and how do I turn it off?

hello jbrener, websites can also approximate your location by the ip address your ISP is assigning to you - there's no way around that (without using a vpn service or a proxy which disguises your ip address).
http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/network-location/

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