2  Navigating the web

• Webpages contain information in the form of text, pictures and videos, as well as providing links to other webpages using URLs.
• These links are called hyperlinks and they make the web an easy way to search for information.

• A hyperlink may be a link to another page on the same website, or it may be a webpage from another website from elsewhere in the world.

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• If you drew lines between linked pages, it would appear to be a giant mesh or web spanning the world, hence the name ‘World Wide Web’.