# World Wide Web

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈwɜːld ˌwaɪd ˈwɛb/

## Definitions
1. Usually preceded by the: all of the hypertext documents (web pages) on the Internet collectively, which are (1) stored in various inter-hyperlinked computers around the world, and (2) retrieved typically by means of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or (currently more often) its secure version (HTTPS), among others.

## Etymology
From worldwide + web. Coined by global system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet World Wide Web and Belgian engineer and computer scientist Robert Cailliau in a paper published on 12 November 1990 (see quotations below).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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