What is the World Wide Web?

It’s the most commonly accessed and quickly developing section of the internet. While it has surpassed USENet, IRC, and other areas, it is nearly the youngest member, as well.

The World Wide Web is a network of “home pages” that are scripted in HTML. Each home page references more pages inside its own site, as well as pages in other sites, by using hypertext links. This made a simple, “clickable” interface that made aspects of the internet far more accessible to users.

Five characteristics of the web:

• Coded in HTML, Javascript, PERL, CSS, and other scripting languages.
• Currently focuses on multimedia content.
• Easily updatable
• Accessible to anyone with a connection.
• Despite being dependant on hard, physical machines, it has a nebulous quality to it.