The World Wide Web
You are running a program which allows you
to access data from around the world. In the documents
you will often see highlighted phrases or images. If you click on
a highlighted phrase, you will be taken to a new page,
which is associated with the phrase or image.
Data transfer can be slow, and you may be accessing a computer
thousands of miles away without realising it.
If you click on 'Home'
you will return to the page where you
began your exploring.
Searching the WWW
There are a variety of ways of searching for particular subjects on the Internet.
The Cambridge University WWW server
Searching Page tells you how to do this.
If you are looking for information about a particular chemist, try looking
at their Chemistry Department's WWW pages
(Click here
for an index).
The documents on this web server can be
searched for keywords.
Writing WWW pages
WWW documents are written in HTML, HyperText Markup Language.
The Chemical Information Laboratory has a
short introduction
to writing documents in HTML, and
advice on setting up your own server in the department of chemistry.
Web pages are subject to copyright laws. Consult
The Copyright Licensing Agency for more details.
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