What is the World Wide Web?
• The Internets World Wide Web has more daily circulation than the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and USAToday combined! • The Web is a massive global communications network that accommodates text, graphics, sound, and even video. It is designed to efficiently allow companies and institutions to distribute information to anyone, anywhere in the world. • As of January 1, 1995, there were an estimated 32 million Web users. This number is growing by 100% per year. Each day millions of individuals browse the Web looking for specific information. These people have substantial decision-making and purchasing power. By the year 2000, the Internet’s Web will account for more than $20 billion in commercial transactions, even if growth slows to half of its present rate!
