webpage

/ wĕb′pāj′ /

1. A document on the World Wide Web, consisting of an HTML file and any related files for scripts and graphics, and often hyperlinked to other documents on the Web. The content of webpages is normally accessed by using a browser.

Example Sentences

“The IRS has betrayed the trust of the American people,” the webpage reads.

From The Daily Beast

Go to the webpage and you will immediately be greeted by the sounds of an active coffee shop.

From The Daily Beast

A new extension for Google Chrome will magically transform your webpage into a bunch of photos of Ryan Gosling.

From The Daily Beast

Rolling Press is now planning to open its webpage next month and to spread their area of coverage.

From The Daily Beast

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What does webpage mean?

Webpage most commonly refers to a single page of a website.

For example, the webpage you’re looking at right now is just one webpage of the website Dictionary.com.

The word webpage is sometimes used to refer to a website, but the word is not commonly used this way anymore. There are some websites that consist of only a single webpage, but most websites have multiple webpages, often hundreds or thousands or even millions.

You can think of a website as a book and a webpage as a single page of it. Unlike physically turning from one page to the next in a paper book, however, you can instantly navigate from one webpage to any number of others on a website, depending on the architecture of the site. Each webpage has its own URL, or address, and you can navigate to different webpages by entering a different URL. On a single website, these URLs are all grouped under the same domain.

Most commonly, though, you can navigate to another webpage on a website simply by clicking on a link to it. The web in webpage refers to the World Wide Web, the part of the internet that includes the vast network of websites that you browse every day. However, the term webpage can be used to refer to any internet page.

Webpages are typically accessed and viewed with a web browser, which is a tool for navigating the World Wide Web. Webpages are formatted and designed using systems and standards like hypertext and HTML.

The word webpage is sometimes spelled as web page or Web page, but these are becoming increasingly less common. Much like how website is often shortened to just site, a webpage is often simply called a page.

Example: If the checkout webpage isn’t loading, try going back to your cart.

Where does webpage come from?

The first records of the word webpage come from the 1990s. It’s a combination of web, a shortening of “World Wide Web,” and page, meaning “a single sheet of a document.” The word page is used in the same way in the terms homepage and landing page, which refer to kinds of webpages found on websites.

Webpages have evolved to be much more complex, but they originally consisted of plaintext documents. Some webpages are still just text, but most include graphic and interactive elements.

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What are some other forms related to webpage? 

• web page (alternate spelling)
• Web page (alternate spelling)

What are some synonyms for webpage?

• page

What are some words that share a root or word element with webpage? 

• homepage
• landing page
• web
• website
• web browser
• World Wide Web

What are some words that often get used in discussing webpage?

• link
• site
• internet
• online
• browser
• computer
• cookies

What are some words webpage may be commonly confused with?

• website

How is webpage used in real life?

The term webpage is often used in the context of website navigation, construction, and design. In everyday conversation, it’s common to simply call a webpage a page.

Airplane WiFi be like: “I told you 4 hours of internet was $22.95 I never said you’d be able to load a webpage”.

— Juliana Harkavy (@JulianaHarkavy) June 13, 2018

Day 6,7,8 of #100DaysOfCode– just working through CSS layout, pretty tough going and less fun than designing a webpage but necessary I guess! Still working on my own projects to keep life interesting, will post soon.

— Natalie (@nataliecoder) June 22, 2020

My girlfriend sincerely asked me if she should use Squarespace to set up a webpage today and I recited their promo copy from memory.

— PJ Vogt (@PJVogt) April 10, 2016

 

Try using webpage!

True or False? 

A webpage is the same thing as a web browser.