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world wide web module: interactive syllabus | assignment 3

Online Explorations: What the World Wide Web Is

* required reading for this assignment

Visualizing the Web:

An Atlas of Cyberspace *
(archived copy of the original site from the Internet Archive - Just take a quick look at the maps and graphics in the Topology section.)


History of the Internet and World Wide Web

How did the Internet Start? *
HowStuffWorks

How It All Started *
W3 Consortium - Tim Berners-Lee
Hint: Click the Arrow in the Yellow Bar to start the slideshow. Navigate the slideshow with the Arrows (top) or the Next Buttons (bottom)

NSF and the Birth of the Internet *
National Science Foundation

The size of the World Wide Web *
WorldWideWebSize

More information if you are interested...

Internet History
Computer History Museum

A Brief History of the Internet
PBS Nerds 2.0.1
Hint: Click the Networking the Nerds link to get started

How Web Servers Work

Yahoo!'s Internet History Index


Online Web Tutorials:


Learn The Net - World Wide Web *
Hint: Click on the links on the left side of the screen.

The Help Web - Navigating the World Wide Web *

Are you having difficulty keeping all those terms straight? 

Internet Jargon *

Webopedia

 

Next: What the Web Does

 


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