
7.3 World Wide Web (WWW)
Figure 87. World Wide Web (WWW)
Key Points
The World Wide Web is an industry consortium that seeks to promote Internet
standards and encourage interoperability:
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Consistent information format called HyperText Markup Langage (HTML)
allows information servers to browse data
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File transfer options include HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), File
Transfer Protocol (FTP), Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP), and Gopher
Presentation Script
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The WWW was started by CERN Switzerland. It incorporated several new
protocols that allowed for a consistent format of information. These
information servers could all connect to one another in a ...