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World Wide Web en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈwɜːld ˌwaɪd ˈwɛb/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈwɝld ˌwaɪd ˈwɛb/ (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

From worldwide + web. Coined by English computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee and Belgian engineer and computer scientist Robert Cailliau in a paper published on 12 November 1990 (see quotations below).

Meanings

  1. (Internet) Usually preceded by the: all of the hypertext documents (web pages) on the Internet collectively, which are (1) stored in various inter-hyperlinked computers around the world, and (2) retrieved typically by means of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or (currently more often) its secure version (HTTPS), among others.
    • Consider for a moment that the Internet is about 40 years old, the microelectronics explosion happened only 30 years ago, the desktop computer appeared only about 25 years ago, the World Wide Web is really only a little more than a decade old, and that ubiquitous wireless Internet access is only now becoming a reality. Despite only relatively recent developmental history, we are facing an information explosion on the World Wide Web, making it necessary to build a better Web—an Intelligent Web—that will help users easily realize their information and communication needs. 2008, Rajendra Akerkar, Pawan Lingras, “Introduction to Web Intelligence”, in Building an Intelligent Web: Theory and Practice, Sudbury, Mass.: Jones & Bartlett Publishers, →ISBN, section 1.1 (Historical Perspective), page 1:
    • Anxiety about the World Wide Web tends to center on its excesses, on the overabundance of information, the overstimulation of graphics and gimmicks, the multiplicity of links. 2000, Jodi Dean, “Webs of Conspiracy”, in Andrew Herman, Thomas Swiss, editors, The World Wide Web and Contemporary Cultural Theory, New York, N.Y.; Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge, →ISBN, page 63:
    • WorldWideWeb: Proposal for a HyperText Project [title] […] Having a world wide web implies some solutions must be found for problems such as different access protocols and different node content formats. These issues are addressed by our proposal. [1990 November 12, Tim Berners-Lee, Robert Cailliau, “WorldWideWeb: Proposal for a HyperText Project”, in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), archived from the original on 10 Nov 2020:
    • Although the Internet has long been used to communicate a wealth of information, it was the rise of the World Wide Web, beginning in 1994, that led to the Internet's most rapid growth and acceptance as a medium of commerce. The Web can be thought of as the Internet's popular "multimedia" segment and is a primary platform for electronic commerce. 2003, Julian S. Millstein, Jeffrey D. Neuburger, Jeffrey P. Weingart, “Introduction to the Internet”, in Doing Business on the Internet (Intellectual Property Law Series), New York, N.Y.: Law Journal Press, →ISBN, § 1.03 (The World Wide Web), page 1-6.4:
    • The mutant has made its way into a major orchestra, giving the much-slandered, much-abused alto string instrument more attention than it has had since an entire series of pages on the World Wide Web was devoted to viola jokes 1997 August 9, Edward Rothstein, “A Comeback for the Viola. No Joking.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2021:
    • Additionally, gateways exist so that WAIS users can retrieve information from non-WAIS data bases like Gopher, developed by university users of Next computers, and the World Wide Web, which makes available physicists' research from many locations. 1993 February 28, John Markoff, “A web of networks, an abundance of services”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020, page 8:

Deriveds

wood wide web · Wood Wide Web

Relateds

Web 3.0 · Web 2.0

Synonyms

web · W3 · Web · WWW

Translations (74)

pt web (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · ka მსოფლიო ქსელი (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · hu világháló (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · id Jaringan Jagat Jembar (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · da webben (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · tl sapot (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · de World Wide Web (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · ur عالمی شبکہ (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · fr Toile mondiale (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · ka მსოფლიო გლობალური ქსელი (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · la Tela Totius Terrae (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · kk ғаламтор (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · bn বিশ্বব্যাপী জাল (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · is veraldarvefurinn (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · fa وب جهانگستر (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · ka მსოფლიო კომპიუტერული ქსელი (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · fi maailmanlaajuinen tietoverkko (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · th เวิลด์ไวด์เว็บ (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · ur عالمی جال (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · ar شَبَكَة عَنْكَبُوتِيَّة عَالَمِيَّة (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · fi web (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · tr World Wide Web (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · ka ქსელი (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · ms jaringan sejagat (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · ko 월드 와이드 웹 (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · ru веб (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · ta உலகளாவிய வலை (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · mi Tukutuku Ao Whānui (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · kk әлемтор (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · nb verdensveven (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · tr Dünya Çapında Ağ (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · haw Pūnaewele Puni Honua (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · ca World Wide Web (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · uk веб (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · cy Gwe Fyd-Eang (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · lt žiniatinklis (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · pt rede mundial de computadores (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · eo Tut-Tera Teksaĵo (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · ru Всеми́рная паути́на (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · sh World Wide Web (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · ka მსოფლიო აბლაბუდა (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · fa شبکه جهانگستر (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · km វើលវ៉ាយវ៉េប (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · ur عالم گیر جال (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · zu Isizindalwazi sokuxhumana somhlaba jikelele (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · fi WWW (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · sv webb (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · nn verdsveven (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · tl pandaigdigang-sapot (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · ar نَسِيج عَنْكَبُوتِي عَالَمِي (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · cmn 萬維網 /万维网 (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · ja ワールドワイドウェブ (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · bg Световна мрежа (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · pt net (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · ga Gréasán Domhanda (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · fr Toile d'araignée mondiale (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · st Marangrang a phatlalletseng (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · pt rede (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · pl ogólnoświatowa sieć (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · mk Све́тска мре́жа (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · af Wêreldwye web (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · xh uthungelwano lwehlabathi kwi-intanethi (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · el Παγκόσμιος Ιστός (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · lt saitynas (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · id Waring Wera Wanua (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · fr Toile (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · fi verkko (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · pl World Wide Web (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · vo volaresod (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · ve webe yo ṱanganyaho shango (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · sa विश्वव्यापीजाल (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · ur بین الشبکہ (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · uk Всесві́тнє павути́ння (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media) · hi विश्वव्यापी संजाल (all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media)