Internet's world wide web and the simulation community a surfing lesson for beginners

Abstract

The World Wide Web (WWW or the Web) is the fastest growing service of the Internet. This paper covers a portion of the corresponding conference talk. The talk will provide an overview of the Internet, the World Wide Web, and the College on Simulation of INFORMS Home Page. The talk will either be online or will be the simulation of an online session (surfing) of the Web. It hopefully will provide the background and the incentive to turn the audience into WWW enthusiasts. No knowledge of the Internet or the WWW will be assumed.