The WWW is the brainchild of Tim Berners Lee a CERN who had the idea of
creating an electronic web of research information. The web is currently
the fastest growing Internet information system, with new resources
being added regularly. The web relies on a set of protocols, conventions
and software to operate. The web is a distributed system of delivering
linked documents over the Internet. It is called a distributed system
because information can reside on different computers around the world.
Yet be easily linked together using hypertext. The web uses hypertext to
create links from together using hypertext. The web uses hyperte3xt to
create links from one resource to another. A hypertext link is usually
displayed by highlighted and underlined text on the page. A hypertext
link or hyperlink can also be graphic that acts as a button linking to
another resource.
