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
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Although the World Wide Web had existed for two years, nobody really knew how to make money off it, at least besides domain squatters, internet service providers like AOL, and browser providers like Netscape (which would soon be decimated by Microsoft).
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Mark Dent, HubSpot, 26 Sep. 2025
In 1993, the launch of the World Wide Web made the internet accessible to the public.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Corporate power has shredded the netting of the World Wide Web, a phrase that now sounds risibly utopian.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, doesn’t think so . . .
—Book Marks
september 18, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2025
Thirty-six years after its invention, the World Wide Web stands as one of the most transformative innovations of our time, and arguably the eighth wonder of the modern world.
—Akram Atallah, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The announcement marks the end of a technology that served as the primary gateway to the World Wide Web for millions of users throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.
—ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
For roughly three decades, the JPEG has been the World Wide Web’s primary image format.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2025
This is the most fundamental change to computing since the early days of the World Wide Web.
—Cade Metz, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2025
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Mark Dent, HubSpot, 26 Sep. 2025
In 1993, the launch of the World Wide Web made the internet accessible to the public.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Corporate power has shredded the netting of the World Wide Web, a phrase that now sounds risibly utopian.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, doesn’t think so . . .
—Book Marks
september 18, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2025
Thirty-six years after its invention, the World Wide Web stands as one of the most transformative innovations of our time, and arguably the eighth wonder of the modern world.
—Akram Atallah, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The announcement marks the end of a technology that served as the primary gateway to the World Wide Web for millions of users throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.
—ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
For roughly three decades, the JPEG has been the World Wide Web’s primary image format.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2025
This is the most fundamental change to computing since the early days of the World Wide Web.
—Cade Metz, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2025
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