Complete Definition of "World Wide Web"

English
Etymology
From worldwide and web.

Proper noun
World Wide Web

  1. An information space on the Internet in which the items of interest, referred to as resources, are identified by global identifiers called uniform resource identifiers. Abbreviations: WWW, 3W.

Usage notes
World Wide Web is a proper noun and each word is spelled with an initial capital.
Although worldwide is a single word (also spelt as world-wide), World Wide Web is spelled as three separate words.

Synonyms
the Web

Translations
Esperanto: tut-tera teksaĵo
Japanese: ������������ (w�rudo waido uebu)
Korean: �� ��� � (woldeu waideu web)
Latin: Tela Totius Terrae

See also
w:World Wide Web|Wikipedia article on the World Wide Web

Category:Internet
pt:World Wide Web

Revision and Credits for"World Wide Web"
  • 2007-11-03 02:24 - Versageek - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/202.177.148.110|202.177.148.110]] ([[User_talk:202.177.148.110|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:Keene|Keene]]

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