Website

Definition - What does Website mean?

A website is a collection of publicly accessible, interlinked Web pages that share a single domain name. Websites can be created and maintained by an individual, group, business or organization to serve a variety of purposes.

Together, all publicly accessible websites constitute the World Wide Web.

Techopedia explains Website

Websites come in a nearly endless variety, including educational sites, news sites, porn sites, forums, social media sites, e-commerce sites, and so on. The pages within a website are usually a mix of text and other media, as text is still the language of the Web. That said, there are no rules dictating the form of a website. A person could create a website of nothing but black and white photos of roses, or the word "cat" linked to another Web page with the word "mouse". However, many sites follow a standard pattern of a homepage that links off to other categories and content within the website.

Originally, websites were categorized by their top-level domains. Some examples include:
  • Government agency websites = .gov
  • Educational institutions’ websites = .edu
  • Nonprofit organizations’ websites = .org
  • Commercial websites = .com
  • Information sites = .info
Although these top-level domains still exist, they say little about a website's actual content.

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