World-wide-web
noun
1.
a system of extensively interlinked hypertext documents: a branch of the Internet (usually preceded by the).
Abbreviation: 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)
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.
World Wide Web definition
See Internet.
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