The World Wide Web

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 367.

Information sites

Electronic Mail

E-mail is much faster than traditional or snail mail because once the message is typed out, it arrives in the electronic mailbox of the recipient within minutes or seconds. Anything that can be digitized - pictures, sound, video - can be sent, retrieved, and printed at the other end. This is efficient, convenient, and saves trees!

This is perhaps the fastest growing area of the Internet as more and more people put their own information pages on line. One thing that computers do very well is process vast amounts of information very fast, so, by specifying a key word or phrase, the computer can then search around the Net until it finds some matches. These information sites are usually stored on big computers that exist all over the world. The beauty of the Net is that you can access all of them from your home, using your own PC.

The World Wide Web, usually referred to as WWW or 3W, is a vast network of infor­mation databases that feature text, visuals, sound, and even video clips. On the WWW you can do such things as go on a tour of a museum or art exhibition, see the latest images from outer space, go shopping, and get travel information on hotels and holidays. You can even view a hotel's facilities before deciding to book!