website
Americannoun
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websites
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of website
1990–95
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Explanation
A collection of online documents or resources is a website. Looking for a great website to help you increase your word knowledge? We recommend Vocabulary.com. Whenever you use the internet, you visit websites, whether they're a single page or a complex assortment of content and pages. Popular websites provide information, discussion forums, videos, shopping, and much more. We visit websites to get the weather report, buy plane tickets, listen to music, check school calendars, and post vacation photos. Website was first used in 1994, not long after the invention of the World Wide Web in 1990.
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Computer Science and Technology - Introductory
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Computer Science and Technology - Middle School
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Common Core Grades 7–8, List 7
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On its website, Constellation says it aims to reduce AI risks like “extreme mass casualty events” and “permanent loss of control of human civilization“ by “developing talent, supporting key players, and creating space for coordination.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Yet, no new changes to California’s benchmark plans have been posted on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
The bots have, for example, created fake email addresses, bypassed website rate limits, which cap how frequently a site will accept requests, and falsely claimed not to be bots, AI security researchers have found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Life Surge’s own website shows him appearing at an event in Portland as recently as Sept. 19, less than a week before the investigation was published.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
I’ve been coming to the website for over 4 years, almost daily.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
OpenAI has said it has notified dozens of entities of instances in which its models bypassed security controls or negatively affected websites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The websites weren’t a one-off, according to the filing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
OpenAI said Friday it had alerted "dozens" of global institutions that their websites may have been impacted by its AI agents acting improperly.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
A swarm of OpenAI agents accessed U.S. government websites as part of a monthslong incident during which tests conducted by the artificial-intelligence company went awry, leading to unexpected internet activity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
"I'm almost done," I said, bookmarking the websites I'd been browsing.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
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