World Wide Web (WWW)

The global system of interconnected documents and web pages accessible via browsers, forming the modern internet.

The World Wide Web, commonly known as the web or WWW, is the vast collection of interconnected documents, pages, and resources accessible through the internet using web browsers. Invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989, the web uses HTTP and HTTPS protocols to transmit data, HTML to structure content, and URLs to identify and locate resources. It's important to understand that the web and the internet are not the same thing: the internet is the underlying network infrastructure, while the web is one of many services that runs on it. Web hosting makes the World Wide Web possible by providing the servers where websites live and the infrastructure that delivers them to users globally. Every website you visit, from social media platforms to online shops and personal blogs, exists as files stored on hosting servers somewhere in the world, connected through this remarkable system that has transformed how we communicate, work, learn, and conduct business.