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semantic Web

American  
[si-man-tik web] / sɪˈmæn tɪk ˈwɛb /
Or semantic web or Semantic Web

noun

Digital Technology.

  1. an extension of the World Wide Web in which data is structured and XML-tagged on the basis of its meaning or content, so that computers can process and integrate the information without human intervention.

    the semantic Web acting as a global database or huge brain.
semantic Web British  

noun

  1. a proposed development of the World Wide Web in which computers can interpret and act on natural language

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Etymology

Origin of semantic Web

First recorded in 1995–2000; 1960–65 for earlier sense “network of meanings”

Example Sentences

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Linked data organized through the semantic Web can be easily integrated, repurposed, collected, classified, published, and indexed.

From Slate • Nov. 30, 2015

None of this is to say that a more semantic Web doesn’t offer an incredible amount of utility.

From Slate • Nov. 30, 2015

Nonetheless, Giles believes that the semantic Web approach “is the Web of the future.”

From Science Magazine • Dec. 18, 2014

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