the Web

noun

: the part of the Internet that is accessed through a special program (called a browser) and that is made up of many documents which are linked together
spent hours on the Web doing research

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As an open source scripting language for building dynamic websites and web apps, PHP has come to be a de facto building block for the Web. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026 Wiz researchers say the issue is on par with the Heartbleed bug from 2014, which impacted an encryption technology estimated to be used by two-thirds of the Web. — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026 Blockchain co-founder and CEO Peter Smith speaks during the Web Summit tech conference in Lisbon, Portugal on November 6, 2018. — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026 As the Web Almanac pointed out, the rise in video content comes with greater energy consumption and computational demands, as heavier pages drive up bandwidth usage, processing load and the overall energy footprint of web crawling and indexing. — Tal Lev-Ami, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the Web

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“The Web.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Web. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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