home·page or home page  (hōm'pāj')  n. The opening or main page of a website, intended chiefly to greet visitors and provide information about the site or its owner. |
| Main Entry: | home page |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | See start page |
home page World-Wide Web
1. The top-level entry point web page relating to an individual or institution, or possibly a subject area. This often has a URL consisting of just a hostname, e.g. http://ncsa.uiuc.edu/. All other pages on a website are usually accessible by following links from the home page.
2. The web page a user's web browser is configured to load each time it is started. This will typically default to the home page (sense 1) of the organisation that produced or distributed the browser.
(1999-03-21)
