Subversion Beginner - General Overview - Multiple Users

Hi Everyone. I've been a programmer for a while now and I've recently
needed at an increasing rate version control on my projects. After some
research i've decided on Subversion. But I have a few general questions
about the whole thing.
 
Currently have I have a .net project on my local computer, and that is
where it stays. No one else can work on it but me, and occasionally I
back it up.
 
If I set up a subversion server were multiple developers are accessing
it for their projects, including me, how exactly does this work?
 
If I have the whole project with code on the server, does it get copied
down to my local computer when I check it out. I can then work on it,
and check back in the whole project? Does it then copy back up any
changed files?
 
Do I keep my local copy of the project or do I always download
everything from the server.
 
These may sound like stupid questions but i'm just trying to grasp how
this works. Thanks for all your help
 
Bob
 
Bob Butterworth
        
Director of Web Development
bbutterworth@techpro.com <mailto:bbutterworth@techpro.com>
        
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