A (Very) Brief History of the Web
The concept of the World Wide Web is not particularly difficult to grasp: the idea behind the Web is to give users instant access to a number of cross-referenced, linked documents that combine different types of information. Simple enough.
The Web as we know it today consists primarily of text with metadata (such as references to other files, formatting elements, annotations, dynamic or interactive elements), often enhanced with all kinds of multimedia (video, music, and various applications). It represents the spirit of our times and signifies a brand new method of communicating and finding information. But the idea of the Web is not new. It was born many years before technology made it possible to achieve this ...
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