1.12 SUMMARY

This chapter brought out the philosophy of the web, its history and its evolution to what we see today. The various technologies that interact with each other that form the web are also brought out. In the process, they are tied together by standards and the various organizations that are responsible for bringing up these standards are also highlighted.

EXERCISES
  1. While learning the evolution of the web and how the internet has taken the world by storm, understand the history of how technology revolutions, in general, have shaped out in the past. Refer to the website http://www.carlotaperez.org/lecturesandvideos.html and take a look at the videos and slides available.
  2. How is the evolution of the web different from that of the applications? ...

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