You can see why WWW took over Gopher. World Wide Web World Wide Web is the most dominant protocol of the Net today. Even now, a web browser can perform most of the Internet protocols. This can be done by typing in the appropriate protocol name. Usenet Usenet is a protocol that provides access to news groups.
News groups are similar to electron bulletin boards.
They are the Internet equivalent of the forums and bulletin boards provided by CompuServe, Prodigy, and America Online. Closer to home, the news groups are similar to the Notice Boards we use here at the Law School. There are thousands and thousands of news groups for every subject you can think of. They range from the light hearted news groups of alt.tasteless.jokes to the more profound discussion groups of talk.euthanasia to the news oriented groups like clari.news.usa.law.supreme that is devoted for posting Supreme Court news. After the user accepts the invitation, the connection is made.