World Wide Web

nounid 4691·updated May 9, 2026

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The global, hypermedia-based collection of information and services that is available on Internet servers and is accessed by browsers using Hypertext Transfer Protocol and other information retrieval mechanisms.

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Entity Type

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Information Class

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Variants

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acronym: "the Web", WWW, W3
synonym: web
plural: World Wide Webs
possessive: World Wide Web's
pluralpossessive: World Wide Webs'

Framework definitions

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SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →

§1: The global, hypermedia-based collection of information and services that is available on Internet servers and is accessed by browsers using Hypertext Transfer Protocol and other information retrieval mechanisms.

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →

§1: computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol

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