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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Collection of quotes about the World Wide Web

This post is a collection of quotes about the World Wide Web (invented in 1989). There are 4 quotes listed below. License: CC BY-SA 4.0

 

1. "...the World Wide Web is a global collection of documents and other resources, linked by hyperlinks and URIs. Web resources are accessed using HTTP or HTTPS, which are application-level Internet protocols that use the Internet's transport protocols." (Wikipedia: World Wide Web, 6.25.23 UTC 07:10)

 

2. "A web server is server software or hardware dedicated to running said software, that can satisfy World Wide Web client requests... A web server processes incoming network requests over HTTP and several other related protocols... The primary function of a web server is to store, process and deliver web pages to clients." (Wikipedia: World Wide Web, 6.25.23 UTC 07:10)

 

3. "A web browser... is a software user agent for accessing information on the World Wide Web. To connect to a website's server and display its pages, a user needs to have a web browser program." (Wikipedia: World Wide Web, 6.25.23 UTC 07:10)

 

4. "Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the standard markup language for creating web pages and web applications. With Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and JavaScript, it forms a triad of cornerstone technologies for the World Wide Web. (Wikipedia: World Wide Web, 6.25.23 UTC 07:10)