MPPSC 2018 Prelims Paper-I · Question 73 of 100

Correct — C, World Wide Web. The World Wide Web (WWW) is the system of interlinked documents and resources — connected by hyperlinks and addressed by URLs — that reside on computers (web servers) and are accessed over the Internet through a browser. Sir Tim Berners-Lee proposed it at CERN in 1989.

• (a)Web Server — A web server is a computer/software that stores and delivers web pages to browsers — it is the host of the content, not the interlinked collection of information itself.
• (b)Web Store — A web store is an online shop for selling goods — one kind of website, not the whole web of linked information.
• (d)Web Information — Not a defined technical term — a vague phrase, not the name for the linked body of resources on the Internet.

The Internet and the World Wide Web are not the same thing. The Internet is the global network of interconnected computers and the physical/logical infrastructure that carries data. The WWW is one service that runs on the Internet — the web of hyperlinked documents and resources accessed via a browser using HTTP, HTML and URLs.

'Web Server' sounds the most technical, so it tempts. But a server merely hosts and serves content; the WWW is the interlinked body of that content. The other trap is treating 'Internet' and 'WWW' as synonyms — the Web is a service built on top of the Internet.

• WWW = interlinked hypertext documents and resources accessed over the Internet via browsers.
• Invented by Sir Tim Berners-Lee at CERN (proposed 1989).
• Built on three standards: HTTP (transfer), HTML (markup), URL (addressing).
• The Internet is the underlying network; the WWW is one service that runs on it.

• Treating 'Internet' and 'World Wide Web' as the same thing
• Confusing a web server (the host) with the WWW (the linked content)

Asked as a one-line definition ('the linked information on the Internet is called...') or 'who invented the WWW'. Lock: WWW = hyperlinked resources; Tim Berners-Lee; HTTP/HTML/URL.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web?

  • (a)Bill Gates
  • (b)Tim Berners-Lee
  • (c)Vint Cerf
  • (d)Steve Jobs

  Answer(b) Tim Berners-Lee — he proposed and built the WWW at CERN in 1989.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Which statement best distinguishes the Internet from the World Wide Web?

  • (a)They are identical
  • (b)The Internet is the global network; the WWW is a service of hyperlinked pages that runs on it
  • (c)The WWW is hardware and the Internet is software
  • (d)The Internet works only through the WWW

  Answer(b) The Internet is the network; the WWW is a service running on it.