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What is the World Wide Web?

The Web is a lesser part of the Internet where a large collection of interlinked documents reside. Anyone using a web browser (i.e., Internet Explorer or Netscape), can view these documents simply by typing in the location of the document.

Web pages are written mostly in a computer language called Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). A web browser reads this language which explains how each page should be displayed. HTML also tells the browser how to use and organize audio, video, and/or images files.

Assigning web addresses (domain names), such as teach-nology.com, is controlled by 2 central agencies: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and Internet Network Information Center (InterNIC). When an individual or organization wants to reserve a domain name, these agencies can be contacted usually through a third party and the name selected can be leased for a set period of time.

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