Week Seven - Using the WWW - 11/09/2007

Lecture summary

• The web is imaginary and only exists because of programs which speak to each other over the net. The web couldn't exist without the net. The web makes the net an interesting place for people by making information available without computer knowledge.


• The web was created and developed by Tim Berners - Lee in 1989. It was developed to facilitate sharing research information.
  


• The web is another word for information which is available all over the world that is stored on computers from around the world. Networks of servers are linked through a common protocol which allows access to hypertext resources.

• The WWW is a network of computers using TCP/IP to communicate with each other. It is the visible part of the Internet that uses HTTP and HTML to exchange data and display information.

• Web browsers allow users of the Internet to access and explore the WWW.