WorldWideWeb

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/worldwideweb

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the software designation?First web browser and web page editor
2. What is the year of initial development?1990
3. What was the WorldWideWeb and why was it called that?It was a magic window that let people see and create web pages. It was the first software that turned the idea of the World Wide Web into a real, usable tool.
4. Who made the WorldWideWeb and when?Tim Berners‑Lee at CERN made it in 1990. It was later renamed Nexus.

Hypertext: Text displayed on a computer or other electronic device with references (hyperlinks) to other text that the reader can immediately follow.
HTTP: The foundational protocol used for transmitting hypermedia documents, such as HTML, on the World Wide Web.
HTML: The standard markup language used to create web pages and web applications, defining structure and content.
URL: Uniform Resource Locator, a web address that specifies the location of a resource on the internet.