"A form" of the web existing long before that depending on your definition of the web. To me it's a way for people to share information. That would cover the BBS world which pre-dates LANs by some distance.
Spider webs have existed for many a year...
Yeah, but when was the last time you saw porn on one of them?!!
Now that would be telling. :-)
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