Internet access enables information gathering on the web.
The World Wide Web -LRB- abbreviated WWW or the Web -RRB- is an information space where documents and other web resources are identified by Uniform Resource Locators -LRB- URLs -RRB- , interlinked by hypertext links , and can be accessed via the Internet .. Internet. Internet. information space. information space. hypertext. hypertext. English scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989 .. Tim Berners-Lee. Tim Berners-Lee. He wrote the first web browser computer program in 1990 while employed at CERN in Switzerland .. computer program. computer program. CERN. CERN. web browser. web browser. The Web browser was released outside of CERN in 1991 , first to other research institutions starting in January 1991 and to the general public on the Internet in August 1991 .. Internet. Internet. CERN. CERN. The World Wide Web has been central to the development of the Information Age and is the primary tool billions of people use to interact on the Internet .. Internet. Internet. Information Age. Information Age. Web pages are primarily text documents formatted and annotated with Hypertext Markup Language -LRB- HTML -RRB- .. text. plain text. formatted. Formatted text. Hypertext Markup Language. HTML. In addition to formatted text , web pages may contain images , video , audio , and software components that are rendered in the user 's web browser as coherent pages of multimedia content .. text. plain text. formatted. Formatted text. video. video. audio. Audio signal. web browser. web browser. multimedia. multimedia. Embedded hyperlinks permit users to navigate between web pages .. navigate. web navigation. Multiple web pages with a common theme , a common domain name , or both , make up a website .. domain name. domain name. website. website. Website content can largely be provided by the publisher , or interactive where users contribute content or the content depends upon the user or their actions .. Websites may be mostly informative , primarily for entertainment , or largely for commercial , governmental , or non-governmental organisational purposes .. In the 2006 Great British Design Quest organised by the BBC and the Design Museum , the World Wide Web was voted among the top 10 British design icons .. BBC. BBC. Design Museum. Design Museum