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- <H1>Mosaic and the World Wide Web</H1>
- Though there are many ways to find and use information on the Internet,
- Mosaic is unique in that it is designed to work with the <A
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- Web</A> (WWW).
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- <P>Like other Internet components, the WWW is an information-sharing
- system that allows files to be stored on and retrieved from servers
- along the network. Unlike other Internet components, the WWW uses the
- powerful information technology called hypermedia.
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- <P>On the WWW, hypermedia works as follows: Every document has a unique
- address, much like a telephone number, called a Uniform Resource
- Locator (or <A HREF="url.htm">URL</A>). WWW documents can contain
- hyperlinks that point to the URLs of other files. The URL of the file
- you are reading, for example, is in the URL field above this window.
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- <P>The beauty of Mosaic, however, is that it allows you to explore the
- WWW interactively by simply clicking on hyperlinks. For example, a file
- on British literature can link the word "Shakespeare" to a document
- listing the writer's work by title. Each title in that document could,
- in turn, be linked to a complete work.
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- <P>Exploring is the best way to become acquainted with the WWW. To start
- your journey, a list of suggested <A HREF="sampler.htm">starting
- points</A> is available.
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