Definition: The term
WWW refers to the
World Wide Web
or simply the Web. The World Wide Web consists of all the public Web
sites connected to the Internet worldwide, including the client devices
(such as computers and cell phones) that access Web content. The WWW is
just one of many applications of the Internet and computer networks.
The World Web is based on these technologies:
- HTML - Hypertext Markup Language
- HTTP - Hypertext transfer protcol
- Web servers and Web browsers
Researcher Tim Berners-Lee led the development of the original World
Wide Web in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He helped build prototypes
of the above Web technologies and coined the term "WWW." Web sites and
Web browsing exploded in popularity during the mid-1990s.
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