NCSA Mosaic for Microsoft Windows User's Guide
The World Wide Web project provides a hypermedia environment for global
information distribution. The Web introduces a new protocol, the
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), and a new file type or data format,
the HyperText Markup Language (HTML). The Web also provides an interface
to existing communication protocols (FTP, Telnet, WAIS, Gopher, NNTP,
etc.) and data formats (images, documents, sounds, etc.) in one package.
As you read about the World Wide Web, you will find several acronyms
and abbreviations used. Many writers refer to it as the Web or WWW;
others use W3, and W3.
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