English
Etymology
From worldwide and web.
Proper noun
World Wide Web
- An information space on the Internet in which the items of interest, referred to as resources, are identified by global identifiers called uniform resource identifiers. Abbreviations: WWW, 3W.
Usage notes
World Wide Web is a proper noun and each word is spelled with an initial capital.
Although worldwide is a single word (also spelt as world-wide), World Wide Web is spelled as three separate words.
Synonyms
the Web
Translations
Esperanto: tut-tera teksaĵo
Japanese: ������������ (w�rudo waido uebu)
Korean: �� ��� � (woldeu waideu web)
Latin: Tela Totius Terrae
See also
w:World Wide Web|Wikipedia article on the World Wide Web
Category:Internet
pt:World Wide Web
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