# World Wide Web

The WorldWideWeb (W3) is a wide-area hypermedia information retrieval initiative aiming to give universal access to a large universe of documents.

Everything there is online about W3 is linked directly or indirectly to this document, including an executive summary of the project, Mailing lists , Policy , November’s W3 news , Frequently Asked Questions .

What’s out there?
  Pointers to the world’s online information, subjects , W3 servers , etc.
Help
  on the browser you are using
Software Products
  A list of W3 project components and their current state. (e.g. Line Mode , X11 Viola , NeXTStep , Servers , Tools , Mail robot , Library )
Technical
  Details of protocols, formats, program internals etc
Bibliography
  Paper documentation on W3 and references.
People
  A list of some people involved in the project.
History
  A summary of the history of the project.
How can I help ?
  If you would like to support the web..
Getting code
  Getting the code by anonymous FTP , etc.