World Wide Web

Also known as the Web, the World Wide Web

global system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet

AI overview

The World Wide Web is a system of interconnected documents that you can access through the Internet by clicking links between them. It matters because it provides an easy way for people around the world to find, share, and read information.

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of: digital media
Has part: surface web
Image: Alcalá de Henares (RPS 08-04-2017) Calle WWW, indicador.png
Motto: Let's Share What We Know

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different from: GNOME Web
location of creation: CERN
Commons category: World Wide Web
topic's main category: Category:World Wide Web
Commons gallery: World Wide Web
Stack Exchange tag: stackoverflow.com/tags/web
public domain date: 1993-04-30
time of discovery or invention: 1989-03-12
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
ACM Classification Code (2012): 10003260
has effect: decline of newspapers
discoverer or inventor: Robert Cailliau
short name: TTT
influenced by: HyperCard
history of topic: history of the World Wide Web
P13411: Stevie Wonder

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Encyclopedic overview

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The World Wide Web (also known as WWW, W3, or simply the Web) is a global interconnected information system that enables content sharing over the Internet. It facilitates access to documents and other web resources according to specific rules of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).

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