Word
world wide web
Definition
compound. the collection of all the websites and pages you can see on the internet using a browser.
compound. an information system of interlinked hypertext documents and other resources accessed via the internet. Often used with the definite article 'the'.
Examples
“The World Wide Web changed how we share information.”
“Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989 to help scientists share data more easily.”
“While the internet refers to the underlying global network of hardware, the World Wide Web is the software layer that allows users to navigate content through hyperlinks.”
Examples
simple
“The World Wide Web changed how we share information.”
contextual
“Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989 to help scientists share data more easily.”
complex
“While the internet refers to the underlying global network of hardware, the World Wide Web is the software layer that allows users to navigate content through hyperlinks.”
Usage
Always capitalised and typically preceded by 'the'.
Pitfall
I searched on World Wide Web
I searched on the World Wide Web
The term is a unique proper noun and requires the definite article 'the'.
Etymology
Coined in 1990 by Tim Berners-Lee, the term describes a global system of interconnected documents. It is frequently shortened to the initialism WWW.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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