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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
HREF="http://www.w3.org/">World Wide
Web</A> (WWW).
<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.
<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.
<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.
<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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