Making it easier to enter the Web

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Enthusiasts say the World Wide Web is the single most important development in publishing in hundreds of years. Developed by researchers at the European Center for Particle Physics in 1989, the Web is a hyperlinked, multimedia system for organizing and displaying information on the Internet. The true genius of the Web lies in its hypertext links, which allow a user to, for example, click on a keyword in a document to access a computer with a list of documents related to that word. These lists, in turn, have hypertext links of their own. The Web also allows anyone to publish electronic documents on the Internet. Currently, most Web publications are basically text, with a few pictures thrown in, but sound and video will become more common components over time. Non-publishers can use a Web browser to navigate the Web's huge troves of information quickly and efficiently. More than a score of Web browsers are available, but the most famous is Mosaic, a freeware program developed at the National Center for Supercomputer Applications.

Hypertext

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Cyberspace experts talk 'revolution' face to face

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The Progress and Freedom Foundation sponsors 'Aspen Summit: Cyberspace and the American Dream II,' a conference on the information age. Despite lofty plans to develop a 'Magna Carta' for the Internet, talks center on theories and egos. Most participants concur that the Internet sparked the information revolution, a worldwide phenomenon which follows in the wake of the agricultural and industrial revolutions. Issues under discussion include the roles of government and law in technology, as well as the effect of rapid communications on business. Speculation flourishes on the changes technology will bring to culture and to the social, economic and political aspects of life. The conference clearly demonstrated that the entire political spectrum has a stake in technology issues, despite the Internet's traditionally libertarian image. Also clear was Newt Gingrich's emergence as the preeminent government official in technology-related matters.

Political activity, Industry event, Special events, Gingrich, Newt, Industry Trend Or Event

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Exploring new political soapboxes

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PCs attached to modems and connected to telephone lines are letting politicians and voters broadcast their messages to millions of people across the information superhighway. The powerful communications technology gives voters nearly the same power as political action committees and lobbyists. Voters can use a variety of different services to exchange ideas such as special interest forums on online information services such as Prodigy and CompuServe, and World-Wide Web sites on the Internet. The Library of Congress has established the Thomas World-Wide Web site at http: thomas.loc.gov that will contain all the text of legislation before Congress. The Internet also contains political discussion groups such as alt.politics.clinton, alt.politics.medicine and alt.politics.usa.newt-gingrich.

Services, Design and construction, Information services, Communications technology, Telecommunications, Politics, Information services industry, United States. Library of Congress

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