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World Wide Web T he World Wide Web, abbreviated as WWW, is one of the services offered by the Internet. The WWW is a vast in- formational network. It is a collection of various intercon- nected documents, sites, and other resources. These resourc- es further contain text, graphics, sound, etc., that provide us with knowledge and information about various things.

Why is it called a Web? It is called World Wide Web because it is a web of information. Like the silken threads of a spider’s web, the information on the Web is interconnected with each other. Thus, you can easily go from one re- source of information to another with a single click on its link.

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