title: Introduction to the world wide web.
abstract: The World Wide Web used to be nicknamed the 'World Wide Wait'. Now, thanks to high speed broadband connections, browsing the web has become a much more enjoyable and productive activity. Computers need to know where web pages are stored on the Internet, in just the same way as we need to know where someone lives in order to post them a letter. This section explains how the World Wide Web works and how web pages can be viewed using a web browser.
authors.affiliation: Kelvin House Dental Practice, Whitstable, Kent, UK. paul@pdownes.fsnet.co.uk
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Downes
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D020407:Internet / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012984:Software