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Millions of people around the world use the Internet to search for (шукати) and retrieve (вилучати) information on all sorts of topics in a wide variety of areas including the arts, business, government, humanities (гуманітарні науки), news, politics and recreation (розваги). People communicate through electronic mail (e-mail), discussion groups, chat channels and other means of informational exchange (обмін). They share (обмінюватися) information and make commercial and business transactions. All this activity is possible because tens of thousands of networks are connected to the Internet and exchange information in the same basic ways.

The World Wide Web (WWW) is a part of the Internet. But it’s not a collection of networks. Rather, it is information that is connected or linked (з’єднувати) together like a web (павутина). You access (мати доступ) this information through one interface or tool (пристрій) called (що називається) a Web browser. The number of resources (можливості, ресурси) and services that are part of the World Wide Web is growing extremely fast. In 1996 there were more than 20 million users of the WWW, and more than half the information that is transferred (що передається) across the Internet is accessed through the WWW. By using a computer terminal (hardware) connected to a network that is a part of the Internet, and by using a program (software) to browse (шукати) or retrieve information that is a part of the World Wide Web, the people connected to the Internet and World Wide Web through the local providers have access to a variety of information. Each provides (забезпечувати) a graphical interface. You move from place to place, from site to site on the Web by using a mouse to click on a portion of text, icon or region of a map. These items are called hyperlinks (гіперпосилання) or links. Each link you select represents (представляти) a document, an image, a video clip or an audio file somewhere on the Internet. The user doesn’t need to know where it is, the browser follows the link.

All sorts of things are available (є доступними) on the WWW. One can use Internet for recreational purposes. Many TV and radio stations broadcast live (передавати у прямому ефірі) on the WWW. Essentially (по суті), if something can be put into digital format and stored in a computer, then it’s available on the WWW. You can even visit museums, gardens, cities through the world, learn foreign languages and meet new friends. And of course you can play computer games through WWW, competing (змагатися) with partners from other countries and continents.

Just a little bit of exploring the World Wide Web will show you what a much of use and fun it is.

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