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World Wide Web

American  
[wurld wahyd web] / ˈwɜrld ˌwaɪd ˈwɛb /

noun

  1. Usually the World Wide Web (except when used before a noun) a system of extensively interlinked hypertext documents: a branch of the internet. WWW

World Wide Web British  

noun

  1.  WWW.  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

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World Wide Web Scientific  
/ wûrld /

  1. 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.

  2. See more at Internet

World Wide Web Cultural  

  1. See Internet.

Etymology

Origin of World Wide Web

First recorded in 1990–95

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