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title: "What does www stand for? What is it?"  
description: "What does www stand for? What is it?"  
author: "Rahul Roi"  
published: 2020-12-09  
updated: 2025-01-30  
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category: "digital marketing"  
tags: ["seo", "digital marketing", "search engine optimization"]  
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# What does www stand for? What is it?

What does www stand for? What is it?

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### Reply by Khushi Singh

WWW stands for **World Wide Web**, a system of interconnected web pages and resources accessed via the internet. It was invented by **Tim Berners-Lee** in 1989 and operates through web browsers using the **HTTP/HTTPS** protocol. The WWW enables users to access and share information globally through websites, hyperlinks, and multimedia content. It functions on a client-server model, where web browsers (clients) request data from web servers. While often confused with the internet, the WWW is just a service that runs on it, facilitating communication, e-commerce, education, and entertainment, making it a vital part of the digital world today.


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