Word
web page
Definitions
01a single internet document
n. one specific page on the internet, like a single article or a contact form.
n. a single hypertext document on the World Wide Web, usually identified by a unique URL.
“The web page took a long time to load because it had many large photos.”
“The developer optimized the web page to ensure it remained responsive even when accessed on older mobile devices with limited bandwidth.”
Pitfall
I visited his web page to see all his different products.
I visited his website to see all his different products.
Use 'web page' for one specific document; use 'website' for a collection of many pages belonging to one person or company.
Synonyms
02a website
n. a word people sometimes use to mean a whole website.
n. a synecdoche where a single page represents an entire website; common in informal or non-technical speech.
“Does your small business have its own web page yet?”
“In the early days of the internet, many users referred to an entire online presence as a single web page, regardless of its complexity.”
Informal
Etymology
A compound of web, in the sense of the World Wide Web, and page, referring to a single side of a leaf in a printed book. The term was used by Tim Berners-Lee in his 1990 proposal for a hypertext project.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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