WWW - Introduction to the World Wide Web - (Overview)

 

Overview

Introduction

Have you ever heard the saying or been told “You got the whole world right in your hands?” Through the World Wide Web, this is quite true. The world is literally online. Today, businesses and individuals, with one click of a button, can run a business and can be in another place without leaving their seat or travel around the world without using any transportation mode. The World Wide Web has opened the door to a new and faster way of living. It has become an essential tool to conduct business, a medium for communication, and an educational tool for study, research, and collaboration. In addition, the impact of the World Wide Web has contributed to many great and new advances for technology and allowed technology tools, such as, mobile devices and Web 2.0 Tools to expand. Most importantly, it has made some of the day to day task in our lives easier.

Essential Questions

  1. What impact has the World Wide Web had on our daily lives?
  2. What are the different types of search engines and their focus?
  3. How has mobile technology impacted the way we communicate?
  4. How has mobile technology impacted the web?
  5. In what ways have Web 2.0 Tools changed the way businesses and individuals communicate and collaborate?

Key Terms

  • Search Engine: A program that searches for user defined keywords in Web documents or in database that store information about Web sites, and displays lists of sites that contain those words for particular sites on the World Wide Web.
  • Web 2.0 Tools: Internet applications which allow for sharing and interactive collaboration opportunities with user generated content.
  • Web Pages: A hypertext Web document available on the World Wide Web.
  • Website: A collection of web pages located under a single domain name, typically produced by a single person or organization.
  • World Wide Web: An interconnected system of public webpages and web documents accessible through the Internet.
  • URL (Uniform Resource Locator): The unique address from which a Web document is called.

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