阅读理解 World Wide Web The World Wide Web is a part of the computer Internet system．A recent study shows that more than thirty-million computer users link(连接)to the communications system called the Internet．The study shows that most of these people are using the World Wide Web． Computers are linked with the Internet．The Internet is a communications system that permits many millions of computers to send and receive information．The World Wide Web is an important part of the Internet system．People use the Web to search for news, products and educational information．They may play games, buy books, records or other products or plan a holiday trip．These World Wide Web areas are called Websites． Before the World Wide Web existed, information on the Internet was mostly written．Now, the Web provides the same written information but also includes sound, color pictures, television pictures and movies． In 1993, a computer user could only link with 130 Websites, and it was difficult to link a computer with a Website．In 1994, computer scientists made it much easier to do．Today there are millions of Websites．Many more are being added each day． The World Wide Web Consortium(国际性协议)is an international group．It is headed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States, the National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control in France and Keio University in Japan．The Consortium includes more than 275 smaller computer organizations．These groups work together to improve how information is offered on the Web． | 
