World Wide Web
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World Wide Web
- /ˈwɜːld ˌwaɪd ˈwɛb/ UK
- /ˈwɝld ˌwaɪd ˈwɛb/ US
Rhymes with -ɛb
Where it comes from
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).
proper noun
- 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. 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.
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name all of the web pages on the Internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media
| 한국어 | 월드 와이드 웹 Woldeu waideu wep |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ワールドワイドウェブ Wārudo Waido Uebu |
| 中文 | 萬維網 /万维网 Wànwéiwǎng |
| हिन्दी | विश्वव्यापी संजाल viśvavyāpī-sanjāl |
| Português | net, rede, rede mundial de computadores, web |
| Français | Toile d'araignée mondiale, Toile mondiale, Toile |
| Deutsch | World Wide Web |
| Ελληνικά | Παγκόσμιος Ιστός Pagkósmios Istós |
| Русский | Всеми́рная паути́на Vsemírnaja pautína, веб veb |
| العربية | شَبَكَة عَنْكَبُوتِيَّة عَالَمِيَّة, نَسِيج عَنْكَبُوتِي عَالَمِي nasīj ʕankabūtī ʕālamī |
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@misc{world_wide_web_2026,
title = {World Wide Web},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/world%20wide%20web},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
