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Lecture 3
The World Wide Web
(Web Development Lecture 1)
During the Last Lecture …
• We learnt about some of the important
milestones on the journey that started from
the Analytical Engine and so far has taken us
to the portable computer-telephone of today
• Examples:
– http://dawn.com
– http://www.vu.edu.pk/~altaf
– http://www.smeda.org.pk
Are there any access charges?
• Most of the info on the Web is available
for free
links
Hyperlinks
• The underlined pieces of text in blue are called
hyperlinks
• DRAWBACKS:
– Inconsistent quality of pages
– Broken links
Some of the popular Web sites?
• AOL – Most popular ISP’s Web site
• The search engine with the largest such list (or index)
is Google – with a list of over 2 billion Web pages and
over 330 million images
http://www.sciam.com/2001/0501issue/0501berners-lee.html
Another useful Web page …
http://www.hbcollege.com/infosys/parker2000
What have we learnt today?
• What is the World Wide Web?