WWW stands for World Wide Web.

Quick Scoop: What that actually means

  • The World Wide Web is the huge collection of web pages you open in a browser (like Chrome, Edge, or Firefox) using the internet.
  • The internet is the underlying global network of cables, routers, and devices, while the Web is one of the services that runs on top of it.
  • The www. at the start of many site addresses is a historical convention to show “this is a web server on the World Wide Web,” but many modern sites work fine without typing it.

So when you see www.example.com, you can read it as “this is a site on the World Wide Web named example.com.”

TL;DR:
“WWW” in a web address simply means “World Wide Web,” the web of linked pages you browse over the internet.

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