World Wide Web

[ wurld wahyd web ]

noun

1. Usually the World Wide Web (except when used before a noun). a system of extensively interlinked hypertext documents: a branch of the internet. : WWW

World Wide Web

noun

1. computing a vast network of linked hypertext files, stored on computers throughout the world, that can provide a computer user with information on a huge variety of subjects WWW

World Wide Web

/ wûrld /

1. 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.
2. See more at Internet

World Wide Web

1. See Internet .

Word History and Origins

Origin of World Wide Web¹

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

The platforms insist regulation goes against the spirit of the open internet, a point backed by the inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee.

From Los Angeles Times

Using the term “TV movie” in 2024 is like calling the internet the World Wide Web.

From Los Angeles Times

But the rise of the World Wide Web offered a new way to encounter the cosmos.

From New York Times

McCaffrey said, “Why don’t we put it on the World Wide Web?”

From Seattle Times

“The Rocket was like the entire World Wide Web of Seattle music at that point: It was where people advertised, it was where bands were written about,” Cross said.

From Seattle Times