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What is WWW?

WWW (World Wide Web) refers to the collection of services that allow information to be linked and accessed over the internet. It was invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 and became publicly available in 1991.

The WWW is not the internet itself; rather, it is a system that operates on top of the internet. Think of the internet as the infrastructure (a network of roads) and the WWW as the vehicles (information and content) traveling on those roads.

The main components of the WWW are:

• HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol): The protocol that enables the transfer of web pages.

• HTML (Hypertext Markup Language): The markup language that structures web pages.

• Web Browsers: Tools like Chrome, Firefox, and Safari that allow users to access web pages.

Today, the WWW makes billions of websites, texts, images, videos, and applications accessible to users worldwide.