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Introduction to WWW and Web Browsers

Lesson 1 of 34 in the free Web Technologies notes on Siksha Sarovar, written by Rohit Jangra.

Introduction to WWW and Web Browsers

What is the World Wide Web?

The World Wide Web (WWW) is an information system where documents and resources are identified by URLs, interlinked by hyperlinks, and accessible via the Internet. It was invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 at CERN.

The Web is built on three core technologies:

  • HTML – HyperText Markup Language (structure)
  • CSS – Cascading Style Sheets (presentation)
  • JavaScript – scripting language (behavior)

Web vs. Internet

FeatureInternetWorld Wide Web
DefinitionGlobal network of networksSystem of interlinked hypertext documents
Invented1960s (ARPANET)1989 by Tim Berners-Lee
ProtocolTCP/IPHTTP/HTTPS
ScopeInfrastructureService on top of the Internet

How a Web Browser Works

A web browser is software that retrieves, renders, and displays web pages. Popular browsers include Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge.

Browser Components

  1. User Interface – address bar, back/forward buttons, bookmarks
  2. Browser Engine – bridges UI and rendering engine
  3. Rendering Engine – parses HTML/CSS and renders content
  4. Networking – handles HTTP requests
  5. JavaScript Engine – interprets and executes JS code
  6. Data Storage – cookies, local storage, cache

Typical Request Flow

URLs Explained

A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is the address of a web resource:

https://www.example.com:8080/path/page.html?id=1#section
│       │               │    │              │    │
scheme  hostname        port path           query fragment

Web Standards Organizations

  • W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) – develops HTML, CSS, XML standards
  • IETF – manages Internet protocols like HTTP
  • ECMA International – standardizes JavaScript (ECMAScript)
Key Takeaway: The WWW is a service built on top of the Internet, using HTTP to transfer HTML documents. Browsers parse and render these documents for users.