Datasheet

Creating a Web
The Web was created as a replacement for the aging Gopher protocol. Gopher allowed documents across
the Internet to be linked to each other and searched. The inclusion of hyperlinks— embedded links to other
documents on the Web — gives the resulting technology its name because it resembles a spider’s web.
Figure 1-3 shows a graphic representation of a handful of sites on the Web. When a line is drawn
between the sites that link to one another, the web becomes more obvious.
Figure 1-3
National
Business
Directory
Company X
(Acme Partner)
Acme Inc.
(U.K.)
Acme Inc.
(U.S.)
Bob’s Web log
(Acme COO)
ISO and
Standards
U.S. Stock
Exchange
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