The world wide web

There are a number of services on the Internet which help to organise the sharing of information. You may have heard about some of these, such as electronic mail, user groups and chat rooms. The world wide web is one of these information services on the Internet.

The WWW provides information in the form of text, pictures, graphics, sound, animation and video. That means it uses multimedia.

The WWW is used by:

• art galleries to tell people about their collections of paintings
• shops to advertise and sell their goods
• education to make learning more fun
• cinemas and clubs to advertise their programmes
• travel agencies to sell holidays and flights
• many other organisations.

Organisations like those above that want to provide information create a WWW website.