The following is the textbooks defintion on the World Wide Web:
The World Wide Web is a service provided by the Internet that uses
universally accepted standards for storing, retrieving, formatting, and
displaying information in a page format on the Internet. Web pages contain
text, graphics, animations, sound, and video and are linked to other Web pages.
By clicking on highlighted words or buttons on a Web page, you can link to
related pages to find additional information and links to other locations on the
Web. The Web can serve as the foundation for new kinds of information
systems such as UPS’s Web-based package tracking system described in the
following Interactive Sessionhe World Wide Web is a service provided by the Internet that uses
universally accepted standards for storing, retrieving, formatting, and
displaying information in a page format on the Internet. Web pages contain
text, graphics, animations, sound, and video and are linked to other Web pages.
By clicking on highlighted words or buttons on a Web page, you can link to
related pages to find additional information and links to other locations on the
Web. The Web can serve as the foundation for new kinds of information
systems such as UPS’s Web-based package tracking system described in the
following Interactive Session