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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This Is for Everyone: The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web
by Tim Berners-Lee with Stephen Witt
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 389 pp., $30.00
Amateurs!
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James Gleick, The New York Review of Books, 11 Nov. 2025
The more information — and disinformation — that flies through the World Wide Web, the greater people feel the need to express authenticity.
—L. Carol Ritchie, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
When the World Wide Web was first unveiled to the public back in 1993, it was met with widespread resistance and heavy skepticism.
—William Jones, IndyStar, 6 Nov. 2025
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).
—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
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
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James Gleick, The New York Review of Books, 11 Nov. 2025
The more information — and disinformation — that flies through the World Wide Web, the greater people feel the need to express authenticity.
—L. Carol Ritchie, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
When the World Wide Web was first unveiled to the public back in 1993, it was met with widespread resistance and heavy skepticism.
—William Jones, IndyStar, 6 Nov. 2025
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).
—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
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
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