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FIT100
World Wide Web
World
Wide Web is the collection of servers (subset of Internet computers) & the
information they give access to
•Clearly,
WWW ¹
Internet
•The
“server” is the web site computer and the “client” is the surfer’s browser
•Many
Web server’s domain names begin with www by tradition, but any name is OK
•Often multiple server names map to the same site:
MoMA.org and www.MoMA.org