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

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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

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World Wide Web Cultural  

1. See Internet.

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Etymology

Origin of World Wide Web

First recorded in 1990–95

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• World Wide Web vs. internet

Example Sentences

Its Global Network Navigator, accessible through the World-Wide Web, is a sort of online magazine that lets users browse through interesting services and catalogs.

From Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation

You can already see their influence in the menus of gophers and the World-Wide Web, which require no complex computing skills but which open the gates to thousands of information resources.

From Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation

Developed by researchers at the European Particle Physics Laboratory in Geneva, the World-Wide Web is somewhat similar to a WAIS.

From Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation

These programs provide graphical interfaces for everything from ftp to the World-Wide Web.

From Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation