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A website (also written as a web site) is a collection of web pages and related content that is identified by a common domain name and published on at least one web server. Websites are typically dedicated to a particular topic or purpose, such as news, education, commerce, entertainment, or social media.
A web page is a structured document. The core element is a text file written in the HyperText Markup Language (HTML). This specifies the content of the page, [ 3] including images and video . Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) specify the presentation of the page. [ 3] CSS rules can be in separate text files or embedded within the HTML file.
The World Wide Web (WWW or simply the Web) is an information system that enables content sharing over the Internet through user-friendly ways meant to appeal to users beyond IT specialists and hobbyists. [1] It allows documents and other web resources to be accessed over the Internet according to specific rules of the Hypertext Transfer ...
Web 2.0. Web 2.0 (also known as participative (or participatory) [ 1] web and social web) [ 2] refers to websites that emphasize user-generated content, ease of use, participatory culture, and interoperability (i.e., compatibility with other products, systems, and devices) for end users .
Web development is the work involved in developing a website for the Internet ( World Wide Web) or an intranet (a private network). [ 1] Web development can range from developing a simple single static page of plain text to complex web applications, electronic businesses, and social network services. A more comprehensive list of tasks to which ...
In the Internet, a domain name is a string that identifies a realm of administrative autonomy, authority or control. Domain names are often used to identify services provided through the Internet, such as websites, email services and more. Domain names are used in various networking contexts and for application-specific naming and addressing ...
A URL is a specific type of Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), [ 2][ 3] although many people use the two terms interchangeably. [ 4][ a] URLs occur most commonly to reference web pages ( HTTP / HTTPS) but are also used for file transfer ( FTP ), email ( mailto ), database access ( JDBC ), and many other applications.
A web service ( WS) is either: a service offered by an electronic device to another electronic device, communicating with each other via the Internet, or. a server running on a computer device, listening for requests at a particular port over a network, serving web documents ( HTML, JSON, XML, images). [citation needed] In a web service, a web ...