The Web consists of a collection of documents spread out across millions of computers around the world. Anyone with access to a Web server, such as we have at Concentric Network, can add pages to the Web. Web documents contain information in a variety of formats, including text, graphics, sounds, and movies.
Any Web document can refer to any other Web document, much as one book can refer to another.
There are currently many millions of pages on the Web and the number is growing explosively. It is rapidly becoming the place where the Internet trades files, displays graphics, conducts business, and accesses references. As Internet access becomes more common, many people can access the Web and the pages it offers. However, the ability to write your own pages and make them available is much more limited. Certain groups in academic institutions, businesses, and research institutions have been the principle source of Web documents until now.