The World Wide Web is a world-wide repository of linked information, called hypertext or hypermedia. It consists of
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A user interface consistent across many computers
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A set of open standards that enables the interface to access a variety of document types and information protocols.
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A provision for universal access, based on the Internet domain name schemes.
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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.
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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.
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