Characteristics
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Current main components: HTTP; HTML; CGI; Fillout Form
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Client-server communication model
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(Flat hierarchical UNIX) File system as the major file (data) management system
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Strengths
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Established Internet as the major vehicle in networking industry
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Universal, hyperlinked information access and dissemination
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Transparent networking navigation and GUI with multimedia information access for information dissemination--- a killer networking application
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Weaknesses
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Static, browser-oriented client
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Document update done manually, hard to automate
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Flat UNIX file system supports only primitive information system functions such as open,read/write and close.
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