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Hypertext system for publishing information on the Internet. World Wide Web documents (‘Web pages’) are text files coded using HTML to include text and graphics, and are stored on a Web server connected to the Internet. Web pages may also contain dynamic objects and Java applets for enhanced animation, video, sound, and interactivity. In 2007 it was estimated that there were over 30 billion pages on the Web.

The Web server can be any computer, providing Web server software is available. Every Web page has a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) – a unique address (usually starting with http://www) which tells a browser program (such as Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer) where to find it. An important feature of the World Wide Web is the facility to link between documents. This enables readers to follow whatever aspects of a subject interest them most. These links may connect to different computers all over the world. Interlinked or nested Web pages belonging to a single organization are known as a Web site.

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