Saturday, September 20, 2014

World Wide Web

The "World Wide Web" - A part of the Internet accessed through a graphical user interface and containing documents often connect by hyperlinks. (Merriam - Webster)

Here are some articles related to the topic of the "World Wide Web"...


New York Times:

"Executive Computer; A Web of Networks, an Abundance of Services"

John Markoff (February 28, 1993) 

This 1993 article discusses the use of the Internet in the government when Bill Clinton and Al Gore were hoping that the data network would help to create and provide advanced digital information services.

"The Internet is a web of networks with shared software standards, allowing users on one network to reach anywhere into a global thicket. Created by the Pentagon, the Internet was originally limited to academic and corporate researchers and government officials. It began as a simple mechanism for sharing data, using remote computers and exchanging electronic mail. Now it contains large and small, commercial and nonprofit networks that offer a remarkable array of services." 

Chicago Tribune:
"Village May Join World Wide Web"
G. J. Zemaitis (March 26, 1996)

G. J. Zemaitis writes about Villa Park, a small village that is debating whether or not to plug themselves into the world wide web, "a marketing tool to promote economic growth in the village." 

Los Angeles Times:
"World Wide Web Puts Individuals on a Global Stage"
Associated Press (April 13, 1995)

The integration of the world wide web into the everyday person's life shows the advancement in technology from the early days when used for government purposes. The web allows individuals to be creative, express their views, and gain information. 

"The Web is a simpler way to present and find ideas on the Internet using electronic documents called Web sites or home pages. It represents a major step in allowing individuals to express themselves on a global stage in a way that only big corporations spending millions of dollars could before."

JStor:
"The World Wide Web"
Mark Pallen (1995)

Mark Pallen, this article, writes about what the world wide web is. He explains in detail how it works and what it is made up of. 

"The world wide web provides a uniform, user friendly interface to the Internet. Web pages can contain text and pictures and are interconnected by hypertext links."

Project Muse:
"White Supremacists, Oppositional Culture and the World Wide Web"
Josh Adams & Vincent J. Roscigno (2005)

White supremacist groups have studied the advancements of the Internet and its capabilities. This article also talks about "how a relatively new communication medium, the Internet, has been cheaply and efficiently integrated into the white supremacist repertoire." 

ProQuest:
"World Wide Web"
Anonymous (1999)

The 100 Young Innovators are discussed in this article along with their interest in media divergence. They explain that there will be a "wild blossoming" of new technologies in the future and the world wide web has a part in it. 
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The "World Wide Web" is a fairly broad search and many topics can relate to the Internet, so the articles that I found had quite a large range. Mainly, though, the articles connected to the growth of the Web through the 90s. The term continued to hold its definition of "A part of the Internet accessed through a graphical user interface and containing documents often connect by hyperlinks." The article written by Mark Pallen, "The World Wide Web," explains this very well. From the early use of the internet for government purposes to its advancement into individual use, the world wide web continues to be a source of information and communication.

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