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Foil 8 The World Wide Web is a collection of clients and servers called browsers and Web sites

From Introduction to World Wide Web (WWW) ECS400 Senior Undergraduate Course -- Spring Semester 97. by Nancy J. McCracken *
1 Web servers provide access to a collection of files containing hyperlinked information
  • primary service is to send text files, images, digitized video
  • can also provide customized services through the form/CGI script interface
2 Browsers provide an easy graphical interface for users to request information. The client machine also provides viewers for a standard set of image and video formats.
3 The interface is kept very simple to run on all networks and most machines.
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