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The World Wide Web (WWW)
Access is provided by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) - BT, AOL, Freeserve, Pipex, Tiscali
They act as 'railway stations', 'post boxes'
Access to ISPs is by way of a telephone line and a modem (MOdulator DEModulator)
Connections can be dial-up, ISDN or Broadband
So, need an ISP, Modem, 'phone line and a browser - Internet Explorer, Mosaic, Opera
WWW sites have a Uniform/Unique Resource Locator - URL
http:// - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
www. - World Wide Web
Domain name
Type of organisation
eg http://www.bbc.co.uk
The country of origin appears in this case at the end (UK), but other endings .com, will not nor will US sites.
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