The design goal of the World Wide Web was to be a pool of knowledge. Clearly like the introduction to the article states, the World Wide Web has exceeded this goal since it has done much more than just provide information. I am sure no one could have imagined how personalized our computers would become and how much it would affect our social relationships with each other. So although I thought this article was completely bland and very boring to read now in 2011, it was still nice to read about how the World Wide Web began. It's interesting to know how we started and think about where we are now. This article really helped me realize how far we have come in the last 17 years.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
World Wide Web
This article is very technical in nature and it discusses the idea of the World Wide Web. It begins by explaining that the World Wide Web was created to be a sort of information and knowledge center, where individuals could share their ideas and projects. It then continues by describing how the World Wide Web works (i.e. HTTP). Additionally, the article states that HTML is the common basic language of interchange for hypertext on the World Wide Web. However, files do not need to be stored in HTML. To continue the article, the authors then compare and contrast WAIS, Gopher, and the World Wide Web, which are all popular network information projects. The article finally ends by stating the future of the World Wide Web and where it's going.
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Yes, this article had a lot of meat to it. It was almost like taking a crash course in computer science.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea that WAIS and Gopher existed. Also, it was interesting to me that a client communicates to the server in regards to what it can receive.
Your assertion that this was a historical look at the computer world during the last 17 years is correct. It is amazing how far we have gone and most of us don't even realize it since we only sit behind a computer as we tend to our business. Just imagine how things will turn out to be in the next 20 years or so.