World Wide Web
noun
: a part of the Internet accessed through a graphical user interface and containing documents often connected by hyperlinks
called also web
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Among other things, the Internet, World Wide Web, early mobile computing, and the Blackberry and iPhone sparked speculation of new forms of consumer marketing.
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Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
25 Feb. 2026
Arrival of the web By the mid-1990s, with the introduction of the more user-friendly World Wide Web, bulletin boards fell out of favor.
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Michelle Lynn Kahn,
The Conversation,
5 Dec. 2025
In the mid 1990s, for instance, McCall and Rusbridger flew to San Francisco to learn about the then-nascent World Wide Web.
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K.j. Yossman,
Variety,
1 Mar. 2023
The original World Wide Web, a static, low-bandwidth, verbal system of hyperlinks, was over.
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WIRED,
14 Sep. 2022
Other founding members include Adobe, Epic Games, Ikea, Qualcomm, Sony, the XR Association, and SDOs The Khronos Group, World Wide Web Consortium, and Open Geospatial Consortium.
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Scharon Harding,
Ars Technica,
22 June 2022
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Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
25 Feb. 2026
Arrival of the web By the mid-1990s, with the introduction of the more user-friendly World Wide Web, bulletin boards fell out of favor.
—
Michelle Lynn Kahn,
The Conversation,
5 Dec. 2025
In the mid 1990s, for instance, McCall and Rusbridger flew to San Francisco to learn about the then-nascent World Wide Web.
—
K.j. Yossman,
Variety,
1 Mar. 2023
The original World Wide Web, a static, low-bandwidth, verbal system of hyperlinks, was over.
—
WIRED,
14 Sep. 2022
Other founding members include Adobe, Epic Games, Ikea, Qualcomm, Sony, the XR Association, and SDOs The Khronos Group, World Wide Web Consortium, and Open Geospatial Consortium.
—
Scharon Harding,
Ars Technica,
22 June 2022
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“World Wide Web.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/World%20Wide%20Web. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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