About Web

WEB

• A network of fine threads constructed by a spider from fluid secreted by its spinnerets, used to catch its prey.
• Field of Biology

              Spider web, a mesh built by a spider, composed of spider silk and usually used for trapping prey
              Interdigital webbing, skin membranes between the digits of semiaquatic mammals

• Field of Computing

            Web, a computer programming system created by Donald Knuth to implement literate programming
                           World Wide Web or "the Web", a hypertext system that operates over the Internet
                           World Wide Web Conference (WWW), a yearly international academic conference on                                                       the topic of the future direction of the World Wide Web
                           World Wide Web Consortium also known as W3C and W3.org, the  main international     standards organization for the World Wide Web


                          

The NeXT Computer used by Berners-Lee. The handwritten label declares, "This machine is a server. DO NOT POWER IT DOWN!!"

                                                      The CERN datacenter in
                                             2010 housing some WWW servers

Robert Cailliau, Jean-François Abramatic of IBM, and Tim Berners-Lee at the 10th anniversary of the World Wide Web Consortium.

                                     Some web Browsers

         

The Web's historic logo designed by Robert Cailliau
Inventor	Tim Berners-Lee Robert Cailliau
Company	CERN
Availability	Worldwide