Overview of the Web

The World-Wide Web (WWW) contains a multitude of electronic documents residing on computers around the world. A document on the Web is often referred to as a Web page. A Web site is a collection of many Web pages. Usually, a Web site has an introductory Web page, known as a homepage, that explains the purpose, content, and organization of the Web site. You can think of the homepage as a table of contents for the Web site.

Hypertext links in Web pages allow users to jump from one document to another.

To access information effectively on the Web, it is helpful to understand the following:

• Structure and attributes of the Web
• Web search tools
• Types of Web sites