titleset:Introduction to the World Wide Web and Web Technologies
runningtitle:Introduction to the World Wide Web and Web Technologies
label:ASCwww
author:Nancy McCracken
event: presentation: Introduction to the www and Web Technologies
eventdate: Fall Semester 96
modifydate: December 9 1996
contents:
foil1:Introduction to the World Wide Web (WWW) and Web Technologies
foil2:Introduction to the World Wide Web
foil3:Background on the Internet
foil4:History of the Internet
foil5:History of the World Wide Web
foil6:Applications based on information services typically use a Client/Server Architecture
foil7:Familiar Clients and Servers
foil8:The World Wide Web is a collection of clients and servers called browsers and Web sites
foil9:Networking
foil10:Internet Services: Telnet
foil11:Internet Services: FTP
foil12:Internet Services: News
foil13:Internet Services: Mail Lists
foil14:Web Content is Hyperlinked Multimedia
foil15:Web Links can go to other Internet Services
foil16:Multimedia types
foil17:Forms and CGI Scripting
foil18:The CGI script returns data through the server
foil19:Web Search Engines
foil20:Web Search Indexes
foil21:Databases
foil22:JavaScript
foil23:Java
foil24:Future Web Technologies: VRML
abstract:
The World Wide Web is a world-wide repository of linked information, called hypertext or hypermedia. It consists of
  • A user interface consistent across many computers
  • A set of open standards that enables the interface to access a variety of document types and information protocols.
  • A provision for universal access, based on the Internet domain name schemes.
In this talk, we give a brief background on the Internet and its services (telnet, ftp, news and mail), Client/Server Architectures, Networking, and several prominent Web technologies.
This is an introductory talk intended for people of any background who have used the Web, but wish to know more about how it works and what capabilities are possible.