World Wide Web: a hypercharged view of the internet presenting a mosaic of information choices

Abstract

With the term information superhighway being bandied about as the latest political buzzword and the newest computing cliche, people who search for information electronically have to wonder if the global network of networks known as the Internet is the realization of this newest technological legend or just a precursor better relegated to terminology like the information bike path. First-time users of Internet services like e-mail, Archie, Anonymous FTP and Gopher may marvel at the unprecedented access to global information but, in the end, may wonder, is this what all the fuss has been about? The true definition of this modern cultural icon may never become clear. Indeed, it may always remain just a broken pipe dream of an eager Madison Avenue publicist.