The World Wide Web (WWW or W3) is a hypertext-based information system launched in 1991 by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN. It transformed internet usage by allowing users to access documents and media via hyperlinks. The "www" prefix commonly indicates a website subdomain, distinguishing web servers from other internet services. 

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Key facts about the World Wide Web:

• Origin: Invented in 1989/1990 by British scientist Tim Berners-Lee to facilitate information sharing among researchers

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• Release: The first web page was made public in August 1991, with CERN releasing the technology for free.

• Function: It is an information system where documents and other web resources are identified by Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) and linked via hyperlinks.

• Components: The web runs on technologies like HTML (structure), HTTP (transmission), and URL (addressing).

• Organization: The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) $BOB