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website

or web site,

[web-sahyt]
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noun Digital Technology.

a connected group of pages on the World Wide Web regarded as a single entity, usually maintained by one person or organization and devoted to a single topic or several closely related topics.

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RELATED WORDS

site, forum, database, network, page

Nearby words

  1. weblog,
  2. webmail,
  3. webmaster,
  4. webmistress,
  5. webpage,
  6. webster,
  7. webster groves,
  8. webster's,
  9. webster, daniel,
  10. webster, john
Also Web·site, Web site.

Origin of website

1990–95
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British Dictionary definitions for website

website

noun

a group of connected pages on the World Wide Web containing information on a particular subject
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for website

website

n.

also web site, 1994, from web in the Internet sense + site.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Science definitions for website

website

Web site (wĕb′sīt′)

A set of interconnected webpages, usually including a homepage, generally located on the same server, and prepared and maintained as a collection of information by a person, group, or organization.
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