World Wide Web (WWW or Web)

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Definition: A service that runs on the Internet that allows information to be stored in a great variety of formats (including text, pictures, sound and video). It also provides an easy way to link from one page of information to another simply by pointing with the mouse and clicking. The World Wide Web is often abbreviated to WWW or simply the Web.
Discussion: This is the most popular way of using the Internet because the Web is capable of presenting information attractively and provides an easy means of navigation through the Hyperlink. A software tool called a browser is used to access the Web. Unless you are reading a printed copy of this page, you are now using a Browser to access this page of information over the World Wide Web.; Each Web page has a unique address (called a URL) which when typed into the browser, will result in the page being retrieved for you regardless of where in the world it is. The URL for this page is http://www.hyperglossary.co.uk/concept/www.htm.; A group of related pages is called a Web Site - you are now looking at the HyperGlossary Web Site maintained by New Media in Business. There are Web sites on virtually any subject you can think of and most medium and large companies and organisations have their own Web sites.
See Also: Internet, Intranet, Extranet
More Details (sometimes Technical): Coming soon.
Frequently Asked Questions: How can I find Web pages and Web sites containing the information that I want? If you know the web site address (URL) you can type it into your browser and press enter. Otherwise you will need to use a Web directory or search engine.
Anecdotes: When you float across the Internet visiting one site after another - it is called Surfing the Internet. So how does it compare with Surfing the Waves?
Links to other sites: None yet

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Surfing the Waves	Surfing the Internet
Free once you have the right equipment	Cheap once you have the right equipment
Requires weeks of practice to get started	Requires minutes of practice to get started
You need to be fit	You can find out about how to get fit
You need to travel to a suitable beach	The Internet "comes to you"
Plenty of fresh air	You can look at lots of pictures of the great outdoors
Can be dangerous	No threat to you physically, but your computer could catch a virus