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Definition: WWW |
WWWNoun1. Computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | WWW World-Wide Web. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Physics | The World Wide Web -- a loose linkage of Internet sites which provide data and other services from around the world. (references) |
Space | World-Wide Web. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
WWW | English | Watson Wyatt Worldwide | N/A |
WWW | German | Weltwetterwacht | Geography |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: WWWSynonyms: web (n), world wide web (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: WWW |
| Specialty definitions using "WWW": archive site ♦ British Indian Ocean Territory ♦ common gateway interface ♦ dead link, Debbugs ♦ ephemeris second ♦ Free Software Foundation ♦ home page, Hytelnet ♦ mail server, Microsoft Corporation, Midas-WWW ♦ Open Graphics Library ♦ single sourcing, slashdot effect, System V ♦ The Microsoft Network, TLAs ♦ Universal Resource Identifier ♦ webify, wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk, World-Wide Wait, world-wide web, World-Wide Web Worm, WWW browser. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "WWW" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Portuguese (www). |
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Lyrics | At www.memory (Www.memory; performing artist: Alan Jackson) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Www.eenzaam.nl (2003) Www.SoeurThérèse.com (2002) Www.betreuteLoecher.de (2002) Www.Anukutumbam.com (2002) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Business | Providing e-mail boxes, including virtual e-mail boxes, web hosting (providing disk memory for www pages up to 24 MB), creation of www pages, registration of domains, server hosting and providing Intranet/Extranet for companies. (references) | |
OTENet, (a Greek PTT "OTE" subsidiary) remains a leading Internet Service Provider, also provides integrated solutions, WWW services and value added services to its subscribers (over 21,000 as far as dial-up connections are concerned) thus giving OTE the first place in the respective Greek market. (references) | ||
The cost of service, suitable for small office, that contains connection of LAN through router, IP address, primary and secondary DNS, www disk of 2 MB, and unlimited access could reach 140 USD. Fixed line connection costs vary from 300 USD per month (28.8 kbps line) up to 1,800 USD per month (256 Kbps line). (references) | ||
Economic History | Austria | Their Website is www.wko.at. (references) |
Israel | E-mail: www.ica@compuserve.com. (references) | |
Cyprus | Homepage: www.centralbank.gov.cy. (references) | |
Trade | Slovak Rep | Their web site is www.eib.org. (references) |
Israel | BIRD has a website at WWW.birdf.com. (references) | |
Israel | The BSF has a website at www.bsf.org.il. (references) | |
Travel | Israel | For the most current information contact the U.S. Embassy or check the Internet at: www.travel.state.gov/israel. (references) |
Uk | More information on American Citizen Services may be obtained from the U.S. Embassy website at: www.usembassy.org.uk. (references) | |
Chile | The following are Chile's legal holidays for 2001. Because some dates will vary on an annual basis, please check www.embassy.cl/holiday.htm . (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "WWW" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "WWW" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "WWW": WWW browser. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "WWW": Midas-WWW. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "WWW"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 全球資訊網 (world wide web), 万维网. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | WWW-Browser (WWW browser). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | wwway www. (various references) RIM. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "w-w-w" | |
+3 letters: bowwow, powwow. | |
+4 letters: bowwows, powwows. | |
+5 letters: bowwowed, powwowed, williwaw, willywaw. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 57 57 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .--. .--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01010111 01010111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W W W |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 0057 0057 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)575757 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , Chinesisch, chinês, chino |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , alemão, alemán |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiesisch, português, portugués |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, spanisch, espanhol, español |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englisch, inglês, inglés |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Translations: Modern 11. Abbreviations 12. Acronyms | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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