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Web site

noun
Computers. a connected group of pages on the World Wide Web regarded as a single entity, usually maintained by one person or organization and devoted to a single topic or several closely related topics.
Also, web site, web·site [web-sahyt]


Origin:
1990–95
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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  • He is the author of numerous books, and writes a regular column for the website designobserver.
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World English Dictionary
website (ˈwɛbˌsaɪt)
 
n
a group of connected pages on the World Wide Web containing information on a particular subject

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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
website or Web site   (wěb'sīt')  Pronunciation Key 
A set of interconnected webpages, usually including a homepage, generally located on the same server, and prepared and maintained as a collection of information by a person, group, or organization.
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Cultural Dictionary

Web site definition


See Web page.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Computing Dictionary

website definition

World-Wide Web
(Or "website") Any computer on the Internet running a World-Wide Web server process. A particular website is usually identified by the hostname part of a URL. Multiple hostnames may actually map to the same computer in which case they are known as "virtual servers".
(2005-07-12)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © Denis Howe 2010 http://foldoc.org
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