The Web was invented by Tim Berners-Lee, the founder of the World Wide Web consortium. Although many people think only of the Web when talking about the Internet, the Web is simply a part of the Net. No one authority controls the Web. Today's Web authoring tools allow anyone who has access to a computer and the Internet to publish a Web site and contribute to the definition of what the Web is and what it can do. The World Wide Web Consortium does, however, oversee the development of Web technology.
Web surfing is one of the most popular Internet activities.
To surf, a user needs a program like Internet Explorer or Netscape, called a Web browser. A Web browser enables a user to connect to a location that contains information. Many locations contain links to other sites that contain related information. These links are usually identified by underlined text or text of a different color from the surrounding text. By clicking on a link, the user is then connected to the new location.