Closed encounters of the Facebook kind

IDEA No 92

OPEN ARCHITECTURE

The Web was built on open standards. HTML, HTTP and URLs can all be used without permission or payment. As a result, it has become the most powerful resource the world has ever seen.

Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an open standard for the connection of computer peripherals to personal computers.

The primary principle underlying the success of the Web is universality. Anyone can make a webpage. Any content can be put on a webpage. Any webpage can link to any other. A webpage can be viewed at any screen size and any connection speed from any device connected to the internet. Anybody ...

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