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LeoGlossary: World Wide Web
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This is commonly called "The Web".
The World Wide Web is a collection of websites, pictures, videos and other online content that can be accessed via a Web browser. It runs on the Internet, which is the underlying infrastructure.
It is the medium that allows information to be shared. The Web is a network of online content that is formatted in HTML and accessed via HTTP.
Tim Berners-Lee, a contractor at CERN, was the one who developed it in 1991.
It is accessed by connected devices:
- tablets
- laptops
- personal computers (PC)
- smartphone
- Internet-of-Things (IoT)
There are a few iterations:
The World Wide Web opened the use of the Internet to average users, moving beyond IT and other specialized individuals.
General:
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