MODEL RELEASED. Shopping by internet. View of a woman using a personal computer to do her shopping on the world wide web (WWW). The WWW is a global network connecting thousands of host computers on the internet for free exchange of information. This information is stored as hypertext documents: text documents which have other data (such as pictures and links to other host sites) embedded in them. The hypertext is read using a browser program to automatically connect to other host computers. This woman is using the Tesco web page. Items can be selected from an extensive list, and the goods are delivered without the buyer leaving the house.