World Wide Web
Usually preceded by the: all of the hypertext documents on the Internet collectively,…Usually preceded by the: all of the hypertext documents (web pages) on the Internet collectively, which are (1) stored in various inter-hyperlinked computers around the world, and (2) retrieved typically by means of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or (currently more often) its secure version (HTTPS), among others.
» The physical world is a complex web of events, and nothing happens for only one reason.
Opiejay888 · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(Internet)Usually preceded by the: all of the hypertext documents (web pages) on the Internet collectively, which are (1) stored in various inter-hyperlinked computers around the world, and (2) retrieved typically by means of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or (currently more often) its secure version (HTTPS), among others.
World Wide Web
Всеми́рная паути́наVsemírnaja pautína, вебveb
Всесві́тнє павути́нняVsesvítnje pavutýnnja, вебveb
Examples
4 sentencesThe physical world is a complex web of events, and nothing happens for only one reason.
Internet Explorer is the world's most popular Web browser.
ruИнтернет Эксплорер - самый популярный в мире обозреватель интернет-страниц. — corvard
deInternet Explorer ist der weltweit gängigste Browser. — jakov
The concept of hypertext predates the World Wide Web.
The World Wide Web is accessed through the internet, but that's not the only thing on the internet.
Translations
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Origin
From worldwide + web. Coined by English computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee and Belgian engFrom worldwide + web. Coined by English computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee and Belgian engineer and computer scientist Robert Cailliau in a paper published on 12 November 1990 (see quotations below).
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