The World Wide Web (1992)

    In 1992 the World Wide Web was born. The World Wide Web, or the Web is a global information system that enables uses to write and read via computers that are connected to the Internet. Many people mistake the Web for the Internet, but they are much different. The internet is a massive network of networks. It connects millions of computers together; which forms a network where any computer can communicate with any other computer that is connected to the Internet.
     The Web is a different way of accessing information over the Internet. The web uses the HTTP protocol, which enables applications to communicate so that information can be exchanged. The Web also allows browsers, like Internet Explorer and Firefox, to access Web pages. The World Wide Web was a very important invention that changed the way the Internet was used.