So What's the Big Deal?
What is the Web and what makes it so special, you ask? The Web can simply be defined as a world wide collection of hypermedia documents. You will notice first of all, that the Web is worldwide, not localized, but distributed throughout the world, even reaching Antarctica
Second, the Web is made up of documents�hypermedia documents�that contain various forms of information. These documents are called hypermedia documents because they are not only made up of plain text, but are compound documents capable of containing rich multimedia elements and because almost any element in the document can contain what is called a hyperlink to another part of the document or another document altogether. It is the combination of rich content and ease of navigation that make the Web so great.
Jargon:
Hypermedia documents�compound documents capable of containing rich multimedia elements. Almost any element in the document can contain what is called a hyperlink to another part of the document or another document altogether.