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One of the great technological inventions is the WWW. Really, it has revolutionized the way we live and the way we do our day to day works. Its knowledge is of even more greater magnitude. To, just see, it will look like magic but it has taken many people’s hard work and dedication in actually bringing this forth to this world. If WWW would not have existed, then we still would have not called this age modern as we call it now. Truly, it is worthy of never to be completed praises and accolades.

WWW’s full form is the World Wide Web. It is a system of hypertext, interconnected documents which can be accessed through the internet. What a user does is, he goes through the web pages which are the pages on the display that may consist images, text, videos and other multimedia and steers between them with the help of hyperlinks. Sir Tim Berners Lee who was from the United Kingdom and Robert Caillau who was from Belgium invented this World Wide Web in the year 1989. They worked together at CERN in Geneva which is in Switzerland. Ever since, Sir Tim burners Lee has managed to play an important role in directing the expansion of the web standards. One of the major web standards is the markup language. In that the web pages are composed. In recent years, he has given air to his vision of semantic web.

If you want to view a page on the web, then either you can type the URL of that page or you can follow a hypertext link or some resource to that page. Domain name system is the global distributed internet database. It is also known as DNS. It plays an important role by helping the server name part of the URL to be resolved in to an IP address. Then, at that IP address, the browser requests the link by transmitting an HTTP request. The browser first requests an HTML text and then parses it. After that, it makes the request for graphics and other files that are a major part of the page in quick succession. These additional requests of the files are critical because they give air to the difference which exists between a single page view and an associated number of server hits, thus increasing web site popularity statistics across the globe. As described by the HTML programs, CSS and other essential files incorporating the images and other resources necessary, the browser then finally provide the page. Thus, the user is able to view the on screen page, thus bringing immense satisfaction and happiness to the viewer. So, it takes a long procedure and hard work to bring out the one page that user sees. It is not that easy. HTML which is known as Hyper Text Mark Up Language is a major program which helps the text changes, image transformations, videos, songs to be played and all the other major magic like things that happen over a web page on the internet. For example, in a web page, it changes the color of the text, brings various images on the web page, and brings a song to be played on a web page and various other great things. So, it looks like magic to the viewer. Another major programming language is the JAVA. Mostly, it is made use in creating software. For example, the life changing Yahoo Messenger has been made by the help of JAVA because of which we can chat with our distant friends and even talk to them through Yahoo Messenger voice Chat. Thus, WWW is a revolution which happened.

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The US military is often credited with developing the world wide web, but this is of course erroneous. The true history of the web can be traced back to 1791 and the birth of Charles Babbage in London. It is a little known fact that Babbage was a part-time – indeed secret – member of the West Wales Women – a society that evolved from the need to pass on recipes and cuttings of daffodils amongst the ladies of nineteenth century Pembrokeshire and Carmathenshire.

At this time there was a prejudice against men learning the finer arts of flower arranging and flour sifting, and Babbage had to keep his membership of this august organisation secret if he wished to continue his membership of the Royal Society – a decision that was heart wrenching as can be seen from a cursory reading of his extant letters to his disabled mother-in-law.

Everyone knows that in 1856 Babbage invented the analytical engine, supposedly to manipulate symbols and mathematical formulae. On this his fame rests, yet it is a little known fact that if you press a copper switch on the obverse of the analytical engine it actually turns into a rudimentary web browser and allows the sending of basic html emails.

Research in Babbage’s diaries has shown that between the lines that can be read, backwards, in invisible ink and inscribed in a mixture of morse code and a sino-latin language hybrid that Babbage seems to have invented himself are his real thoughts on his invention.

To add up and create actuarial tables was not the point of this computer. Babbage had immediately spotted the potential of his invention to allow his to download recipes and dress patterns from a central server owned by the West Wales Women. In the diaries his code for the West Wales Women is WWW and it seems that he used this abbreviation when sending and receiving emails.

Somehow the secrets of his invention slipped out to the military, who guarded his secrets all through the dark years of the twentieth century…

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ting for the www, one bitof the web site design that requires exact deliberation is colour. selecting colours without substance or wisdom could dispirit end users from the site. picking the suitablecolours with substance and understanding could sway to a larger web site design.

Knowing a bit of colour psychology and symbolism is key in knowing what colours affect people in certain ways. colour perception is linked strongly to feelings and emotions including happiness, sadness and lust.

Colours can also demonstrate contrast and emphasise sections of a webpage that you might want the user to see including a promotion box or a purchase now button.

Here’s a listing of popular colours and how they make people feel.

White is a minimalist colour. associated with simplicity, purity & cleanliness, it can be used to emphasise images.

Yellow is a colour of comfort, liveliness, energy and happiness. it’s a lively colour that can be used to highlight certain areas on a webpage.

Red can summon up feelings of lust, courage and strength. it’s a strong colour and if used in small doses, its commendable for highlighting points.

Red is a very evocative colour and it stirs up thoughts of hell, love, fire and warning. its probably the best colour to use to draw attention.

White can be used to create contrast by using it as a background colour. the white parts in between components of a web page are called negative space. White is linked to cleanliness, peace and light.

Black is a very strong colour and is linked to sexiness, strength and elegance. its a very popular colour on photography sites, because black creates heightened contrast with colours within images.

Brown can be used to express trust and honesty in a design. it can be linked to ageing, warmth & comfort.

Orange is associated with enthusiasm, creativity & stimulation. it is used in designing for the world wide web to denote friendliness.

Brown, particularly the the lighter end can have a soothing effect. Beige is also a top colour in designing for the world wide web because it provides an earthy & relaxed feel. it could also mean tradition, poverty & mother earth.

Grey can be linked to elegance, innovation & the future. The paler side is similar to white in that it’s a great colour to use on the background of a website to create a sense of space & modernism.

It’s clear that colours don’t just make a web site look beautiful, although they also have an effect on user experience & can dictate how successful a website can be. picking the right colours can create a website that users can identify & will make them more willing to use, explore & promote the website to friends. getting the colours wrong can put users off & have them switch off.