The World Wide Web is a collection of documents located all over the world, and which can have links to images, motion videos and audio files. |
Links use Web addresses called URLŐs (Uniform Resource Locators) which have the form
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where
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Types of files follow the standard MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) originally developed to include multimedia and multi-part content with electronic mail messages. |
File extensions on the server tell which MIME format the file is in. |
The browser is configured to have a set of helper applications or Ňplug-insÓ to appropriately display or play files in various MIME formats. |
From Introduction to the World Wide Web and Web Technologies presentation: Introduction to the www and Web Technologies -- Fall Semester 96. by Nancy McCracken-Foils prepared December 9 1996