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In order for computers to share resources efficiently, they can be
linked together in a strucure called a network. If the computers are
close together, they are considered a local area network or LAN. A
network covering a larger or wider area of ground is called a wide
area network or WAN. Both LAN and WAN's led to a "network of
networks" called the Internet.

The internet consists of millions of computers interconnected to each
other enabling users the priviledge of communicating and sharing
information from the comfort of their own home. 

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The Development of the World Wide Web (WWW)

In 1989, Timothy Berners-Lee and others @ the CERN laid the
foundation of the World Wide Web, or otherwise known as the WWW or
Web. They developed a system of hypertext documents, electronic files
containing elements one could go through by clicking on. 

Hypertext offered a better way of locating information since the
progression through pages is whatever you choose and to your own
objective, unlike the linear approach of a book. One has the
privilege of skipping from one topic to another, following ones own
chosen path with Hypertext. 

The use of links is the main underlying feature of
hypertext. Choosing or clicking on a link takes one to another
section of the document, or takes one to a brand new document which
is held on http servers. One of the most popular servers in the world
is http://www.apache.org/ and is what is used on this server.

Documents on the WWW or web are not limited to just text, but can
have a varying and dizzying number of effects and content within
them. You as a web designer have a great deal of control over the
format of the page. 

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Web Servers and Web Browsers

At this moment while you read this document, you are using a client
to connect to my web server making this page available to you at this
time. Think of it as you going to a restaurant as a client and having
a seat, then waiting for a server to come and serve you. This is the
same model for webpages. You are connected to a web server from a
client or web browser. Web browsers come in many different forms. My
favorite browser is Lynx (http://lynx.browser.org/ as it is a
text-only browser made to take away all the dazzling effects you are
trying to learn ATM ;). This type of browser is different to
something like Mozilla or Internet Explorer, as you navigate through
the web with the use of commands instead of a mouse.