the World Wide Web

noun

: the part of the Internet that can be looked at with a special program (called a browser) and that is made up of many documents which are linked together

Examples of the World Wide Web in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Archive is best known for its preservation of the ephemeral expanses of the World Wide Web, available through its one-of-a-kind archive/search engine, the Wayback Machine. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024 SmartLabel pages also comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines developed by the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C’s) Web Accessibility Initiative, which partners with organizations around the world to provide a high degree of internet usability for people with disabilities. Gary Drenik, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024 In an open letter to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Privacy Group, Aloha addresses the flaws in the current system, while encouraging open collaboration to ensure widespread adoption of its solution. Esat Dedezade, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024 Think of the World Wide Web, the power grid and the universe, of which the Milky Way is an infinitesimal node in a seemingly boundless network of galaxies. Max Bertolero, Scientific American, 1 July 2019 The platforms insist regulation goes against the spirit of the open internet, a point backed by the inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee. Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024 Largely dismissed as a nuisance suit, it was relegated to talk radio, tabloids and the dank recesses of a new realm called the World Wide Web. David Friend, Washington Post, 27 June 2024 With the cacophony about O.J. on high volume in the mid-1990s, both on television and through an emerging technology called the World Wide Web, divisions emerged. Sean Gregory, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024 The Sustainable Web Design Community Group of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) was established in 2013, while the Green Web Foundation began in 2006 as a way to understand the kinds of energy that power the Internet. IEEE Spectrum, 23 Mar. 2024

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“The World Wide Web.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20World%20Wide%20Web. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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