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World Wide Web

–noun

a system of extensively interlinked hypertext documents: a branch of the Internet. Abbreviation: WWW

[Origin: 1990–95

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World Wide Web
n. Abbr. WWW
The complete set of documents residing on all Internet servers that use the HTTP protocol, accessible to users via a simple point-and-click system.

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world wide web
noun
computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol

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World Wide Web noun

see WWW

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World Wide Web Audio Help (wûrld) Pronunciation Key
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. See more at Internet.