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Happy birthday WWW

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:19 am
by Bob Juch
On this day in 1990, the World Wide Web started.

Why do people say "WWW" when "World Wide Web" is six syllables shorter?

Re: Happy birthday WWW

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:21 am
by Rexer25
Bob Juch wrote:On this day in 1990, the World Wide Web started.

Why do people say "WWW" when "World Wide Web" is six syllables shorter?
You type in WorldWideWeb to get to a site, and see how far it gets you!

Re: Happy birthday WWW

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:45 am
by Bob Juch
Rexer25 wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:On this day in 1990, the World Wide Web started.

Why do people say "WWW" when "World Wide Web" is six syllables shorter?
You type in WorldWideWeb to get to a site, and see how far it gets you!
Most of the time you can leave it off entirely!