Jump to content

Draft:Outline of the World Wide Web

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The following list of topics is provided as an overview of and introduction to the World Wide Web:

The World Wide Web (WWW or simply the Web) is an information system that enables content sharing over the Internet through user-friendly ways meant to appeal to users beyond IT specialists and hobbyists. It allows documents and other web resources to be accessed over the Internet according to specific rules of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).

Below is a structured list of topics pertaining to the World Wide Web.

Overview

[edit]

The World Wide Web can be described as all of the following:

Access

[edit]

Prerequisites

[edit]

In order to access the World Wide Web, a user must have:

  • Internet-capable computer
  • Internet access – connects individual computer terminals, computers, mobile devices, and computer networks to the Internet, enabling users to access Internet services. Internet access requires:
  • Web browser (list) –

Access methods and tools

[edit]

Websites

[edit]

Website

Website types

[edit]

Website components

[edit]

Web development

[edit]

Web development

Facets

[edit]
  • Content by accessibility
    • Surface web – portion of the World Wide Web that is readily available to the general public and searchable with standard web search engines.
    • Deep web – parts of the World Wide Web the contents of which are not indexed by standard web search engines for any reason.
      • Dark web – World Wide Web content that exists on darknets, overlay networks which use the Internet but require specific software, configurations or authorization to access.
  • Facets by functionality

History

[edit]
Main article: History of the World Wide Web
  • ENQUIRE – hypertext program, predecessor to the World Wide Web, written in 1980 by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN.

Security

[edit]

Semantic web

[edit]

Semantic web

[edit]
  • World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) – international organization whose purpose is to develop of standards for the World Wide Web. As of 29 March 2012, the W3C has 351 member states. W3C also engages in education and outreach, develops software and serves as an open forum for discussion about the Web.
  • World Wide Web Foundation – international non-profit organisation advocating for a free and open web for everyone. The organisation was founded by Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web. Announced in September 2008[1] in Washington, D.C., the Web Foundation launched operations in November 2009 at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF).[2] It is focused on increasing global access to the World Wide Web, while ensuring the web is a safe and empowering tool that people can use freely and fully to improve their lives.

Persons influential in the World Wide Web

[edit]

See also

[edit]
[edit]