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H\,pcrtc\-t Transfer I'rotocol (HTTI'), ,i si~iiplcclic~it-scr\.cr protocol to transport j~ifornlatio~iassociatccl \\.ith a UKL\Ycb bro\\sc~-, a program that renders HTMLdocumcnts,provides URL caching, and supports aclirectory till- URLsVVcb scr\.cr, a ser\'er that responds to rcclucsts forinformation ti-on1 the Web bro\\~scrsInformation Access\\I\YW tcclinolog!i lias tra~lsfo~.nicd the \vay usersacccss inform'ition tlirougli col.iiputcr ncn\.orks.Access to information on the I~ltcrnct \\,as primnril!.text-h,iscci; \\,it11 tlic \VWW, users nrc ~blc to ncccssinfotmntion in ~iiultimedia format. 'The combin.~tionof firnctionC1lit\ (information linking, graphical inter-Lice, and caching), estensibility (for dealing \\,it11 ne\\.protocols and nc\v information types), case-of-use,and lo\v cost appealed to a \\ride range of users inhomes, offices, and corporations. In addition, theR/Iosaic-snlc of "point-and-click" graphical Intcrncthl-o\vscr lias bcco~iie the most \\lidely acccptcd userintcl-hcc for nct\\,ork coniputing.Tlie most pop~~lar use of tlie WW\Y todny is for publishinginformation, and tlic process is comparable totlic \\,a!! ,I nc\\.spaper publislics or a tclc\-ision station131-oadc~sts information. The roles of tlic informationpro\.idc~- and the information consunicr arc clearlydcfi ncd. The information provider gatlicrs and organizestlic pertinent information, con\,crts it to tlieHTML scripting format, and makes it a\.ailable on a\Vcb server. Tlie information consumer, after obraininginitial acccss to the Wb server (as one might tuneinto the correct rele\rision station), can then bl-o\vse2nd seal-cli for \,al-ious types of information a\,ailableon tliat ~cr\~el-. The linlting capability of UliL andHTA4I. allo\\rs the references or links to additionalinfi)~.matio~i on \.arious serirers to be easily pi~blishcdalong \\.it11 the original infor~iifition.In contl-.lst, multiple information [>I-o\.idcrs\\.o~-l