World Wide Web
NOUN:
1. a system of extensively interlinked hypertext documents; a branch of the internet.
2. Computing. a vast network of linked hypertext files, stored on computers throughout the world, that can provide a computer user with information on a huge variety of subjects.
3. the complete set of electronic documents stored on computers that are connected over the Internet and are made available by the protocol known as HTTP.
The World Wide Web makes up a large part of the Internet.
4. a part of the Internet accessed through a graphical user interface and containing documents often connected by hyperlinks
—called also Web.
Abbreviation: WWW
(#1) Usually "the World Wide Web" except when used before a noun.
See historical usage at Dictionary.com.*
Origin:
First recorded in 1990–95. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of World Wide Web: 1990. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 6 August 2020 {3:30 PM} // Updated: 29 August 2020 {7:29 PM}
1. a system of extensively interlinked hypertext documents; a branch of the internet.
2. Computing. a vast network of linked hypertext files, stored on computers throughout the world, that can provide a computer user with information on a huge variety of subjects.
3. the complete set of electronic documents stored on computers that are connected over the Internet and are made available by the protocol known as HTTP.
The World Wide Web makes up a large part of the Internet.
4. a part of the Internet accessed through a graphical user interface and containing documents often connected by hyperlinks
—called also Web.
Abbreviation: WWW
(#1) Usually "the World Wide Web" except when used before a noun.
See historical usage at Dictionary.com.*
Origin:
First recorded in 1990–95. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of World Wide Web: 1990. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 6 August 2020 {3:30 PM} // Updated: 29 August 2020 {7:29 PM}