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The WWW, short for World Wide Web, is the worldwide global network of exchange of documents through hypertext commonly known as Internet.

For the computing, the World Wide Web is a system of information and documents linked through hypertext and hypermedia that can be accessed through the Internet, more specifically, with a browser Web.

In 1989 Tim Berners Lee and Robert Cailiau, two researchers from CERN (European Organization for Investigation Nuclear) created the Web, then intervening in the development of the various standards and Web scenarios based on their invention.

The functioning of the Web occurs through web browsers (the most common, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Safari). The Username You can view the content included in pages and websites by entering a Url address in the given field. Thus, you have access to text, images, videos, audio and all kinds of content, and navigate between multiple content units using hyperlinks that lead you through simple clicks.

The "www" is now a worldwide standard that most websites include as part of their address and is required to enter and navigate the Web. While the Internet is not simply about the exchange of information and content through websites, it is perhaps one of the most widespread uses of this technology.

Easily, any user can not only access, but also generate their own content to be published on the WWW through applications Free and fast, which allow the exchange of information from and to all parts of the world using the same protocol of navigation. The "www" is a protocol closely linked to the "http"," .net "," jsp "," php "and" asp ", among others.

To facilitate navigation and the search for information on the Web, there are so-called search engines, such as Google or Yahoo, which allow a user to enter a term of interest to her and as a result receive hundreds of thousands of websites related to that concept or keyword.