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What is the World Wide Web?

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The World Wide Web is used every day by millions of people for everything from checking the weather to sharing cat videos. But what is it exactly? Twila Camp describes this interconnected information system as a virtual city that everyone owns and explains how it’s organized in a way that mimics our brain’s natural way of thinking.

Watch the video and finish the Think section to complete the lesson.


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Meet The Creators

Educator
Twila Camp
Producer
Darcy Vorhees
Director
Tom Beuerlein
Script Editor
Alex Gendler
Narrator
Addison Anderson

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