The SLAC World Wide Web (WWW) service provides access to a wide range of
information
from a variety of sources both at SLAC and elsewhere. Information is provided
in the form of
hypertext
which allows users to follow pointers from one item to other related items,
and thus to access the information they need in a simple intuitive manner.
Information is accessed using the
TCP/IP
network and can actually reside
anywhere in the world, although the user does not need to know where
the information comes from.
A number of different programs (called
browsers)
are available to access WWW information for different platforms
including VM, VMS, Unix and NeXT.
The WWW at SLAC is supported by the
SLAC WWWizards,
to whom questions - comments - complaints etc. should be addressed. The
WWW project was initiated
and is supported by a group based chiefly at CERN.