What is the WWW?

• Hypertext and hypermedia based.
• Distributed, cross-referenced documents.
• Globally accessible, due to the Internet.
• Documents that are portable ASCII text, with formatting tags.
• Browsers available for almost any type of computer.

The World Wide Web contains:

• Computer-related information:
  • About the Web (e.g. Yahoo index)
  • Software archives (e.g. DEC's Gatekeeper archive)
  • User groups (e.g. MUUG)
  • Special events (e.g. CIPS conference)
• General reference material:
  • On writing (e.g. Purdue's Online Writing Lab)
  • Dictionaries (e.g. Online Webster)
• Entertainment:
  • Comics (e.g. Dilbert)
  • The bizarre
• And much, much more.