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World Wide Web
n. Abbr. WWW
The complete set of documents residing on all Internet servers that use the HTTP protocol, accessible to users via a simple point-and-click system.

World Wide Web
n
(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing a vast network of linked hypertext files, stored on computers throughout the world, that can provide a computer user with information on a huge variety of subjects Abbreviation WWW

World Wide Web  (wûrld)
The complete set of electronic documents stored on computers that are connected over the Internet and are made available by the protocol known as HTTP. The World Wide Web makes up a large part of the Internet. See more at Internet.
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Noun1.World Wide Web - computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocolWorld Wide Web - computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol
computer network - (computer science) a network of computers


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Sir Tim is presently the director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which keeps an eye on the progress of the web.
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