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<TITLE>Mosaic and the World Wide Web</TITLE>
<H1>Mosaic and the World Wide Web</H1>

<P>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 World Wide Web (Web).

<P>Like other Internet components, the Web is an information-sharing system that allows
documents to be stored on and retrieved from servers along the network. Unlike other Internet
components, the Web uses the powerful information technology called hypertext.

<P>On the Web, hypertext works as follows: Every document has a unique address, much like a
telephone number, called a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). The URL for this document, for
example, appears in the URL field at the top of this window. Any Web document can contain
hyperlinks that point to the URLs of other documents.

<P>Mosaic lets you find and display Web documents. If you know a URL, you can
simply enter it in the field at the top of the Mosaic window and then press
Return to open that document.

<P>The beauty of Mosaic, however, is that it allows you to
explore the Web interactively by simply clicking on hyperlinks. A document on British
literature, for example, can link the word "Shakespeare" to another document
listing all the writer's work by title. Each title in that document can, in
turn, be linked to the complete work.

<P>The best way to become acquainted with vast and ever-growing resources of the Web is to explore.
A good way to get started is to click on the Starting Points link below for a
sampling of destinations, indexes, and search tools.

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More about the <A HREF="http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html">World Wide Web</A><p>

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