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websmith en · NOUN

Etymology

From Web + smith.

Meanings

1. (Internet) A person who creates web pages; a web designer.
   • It's not at all unusual for a prolific Websmith to have 5, 10, or even 20 different pages! 1998, Paul McFedries, The complete idiot's guide to creating an HTML 4 Web page, page 51:
   • Apple handed amateur Websmiths a mixed blessing with iWeb. On the one hand, iWeb '08 makes it dead simple to set up your personal online emporium, chock-full of photos, videos, heartfelt blog ramblings, and now Google Maps and Ads […] 2008, Mac Life (Spring 2008, page 52)
   • The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) links websmiths, the users who actually write Web pages, back to the operating system. 1996, Ed Dille, Exploring Moving Worlds: Discovering Virtual Motion on the Web:

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