Lesson 1:
How the World Wide Web Works

In Chapter 1, you were introduced to the World Wide Web (WWW), one of many Internet tools.

• You use a special software program called a Web browser to access this piece of the Internet.
• The Web is an immense collection of documents or files stored on computers all over the world, which you can request and have delivered right to your home.
• These documents contain text combined with other media, including graphics, video, audio, and animation.