World Wide Web

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World Wide Web

The World Wide Web (WWW), often referred to as the Web, is an information system where documents and other web resources are identified by Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), which may be interlinked by hypertext, and are accessible over the Internet. The resources of the WWW may be accessed by users via a software application known as a web browser.

Pronunciation

  • /ˌwɜːld waɪd ˈwɛb/

Etymology

The term "World Wide Web" was coined by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989. It is often mistakenly used as a synonym for the Internet itself, but the Web is a service that operates over the Internet, just as email does.

Related Terms

  • Internet: The global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link devices worldwide.
  • Hypertext: Text displayed on a computer or other electronic device with references (hyperlinks) to other text that the reader can immediately access.
  • URL: A reference to a web resource that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it.
  • Web Browser: A software application for accessing information on the World Wide Web.
  • Tim Berners-Lee: An English engineer and computer scientist, best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web.

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