Meaning of the word web

As you may have already know, Digia @web browser is first and only fully finger touch controllable web browser ❋ Unknown (2008)

Now, while our _idea of God_ thus tells us that God has in his hand all causal chains in the world, and its million-threaded web in constant omni-surveying presence and in all-controlling omnipotence, our reflection on the _world_ and its substance and course also leads us from the _a posteriori_ starting-point of analytical investigation precisely to the same result; it even leads us to a still more concrete conception of this idea — namely, to the result, that not only the _causal chains, in their totality and in their web_, but also _all single links_ of these chains, ❋ Rudolf Schmid (N/A)

$web — full web including parents, such as «Engineering/Techpubs/Apps» ❋ The Contributing Authors Of TWiki (2010)

In this context the term web services is clear enough. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Here at WebWorkerDaily, our definition of the term web worker has always been «anyone who works using the web» — which is admittedly rather broad. ❋ Unknown (2010)

«Most people» don’t even know what the term web browser means, so I’d say that they wouldn’t even understand the question. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Please also rate the article as it will help us decide Hmm, I’d like to agree with Andy and say a minimum requirement would be straight up visual design but the term web designer seems to be taking on a broader meaning every … ❋ Kat Neville (2010)

I’ve spent months rebuilding the label web site to remain relevant in a reality where most fans download the music they like rather than visit a retail store. ❋ Unknown (2009)

From developing a web site for the World Wide Web or an intranet related to any activity, the term web development is a widely used, which can include e-commerce business development, web design, web content development, client-side / server-side scripting, and web server configuration. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Please do not contact me with budget of 50$ and hope to rank 1 for the term web hosting or such. ❋ Sameer_reddy (2009)

Sometimes the term web designer is used to describe a web developer, but really a web designer focuses on the user interface. ❋ TechieGrrl (2009)

[pete] is a web ❋ Raexer (2021)

1.if you cant get through to [simo], call his web2.[you would] make a great web, [bill] ❋ Showgun (2009)

Mate, i just bought a new [pair of] [Webs] from [the Market] ❋ Steven Kirkpatrick (2007)

[Adam]: [Jerry] [what are you doing]?
Jerry: I’m doing The web Adam… ❋ LampStudiosDefinitions (2018)

[Cole]: Dude I was [webbing] that Russian chick so bad last night, she woke up with [chafed] nipples. ❋ TJ Juckson (2013)

You just [got] [webbed] [ho]. ❋ Pro Fo Sho (2007)

[The web] is the greatest game ever.
I [webbed] you.
You have been webbed.
Noun: weberee
Adjective: webtastic
Verb: [webbing] ❋ THE WEBEREE (2009)

[Omg] dude [that kid] is so [webbed] ❋ KeenanKid52 (2019)

I was [getting ready] to [punch out] for the day then got [webbed] the last 15 minutes of my shift by the Sup ❋ Marion Morrison (2018)

Hey [Margaret]! The [computer guy] was just [here and now] I’m webbing! ❋ Sdegraeve (2006)

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English webbe, from Old English webb, from Proto-Germanic *wabją, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“weave”).

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /wɛb/
• Rhymes: -ɛb

Noun[edit]

web (plural webs)

2. The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.

   The sunlight glistened in the dew on the web.

3. (by extension) Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which, when diagrammed, resembles a spider’s web.

   • 1828, Washington Irving, “Birth, Parentage, and Education of Columbus”, in A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus. […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: G. & C. Carvill, […], →OCLC, book I, page 3:

     The time of his birth, his birth-place, his parentage, are all involved in obscurity; and such has been the perplexing ingenuity of commentators, that it is difficult to extricate the truth from the web of conjectures with which it is interwoven.

   • 1851 (indicated as 1852)​, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Main-Street”, in The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC, page 96:

     [T]he blame must rest on the sombre spirit of our forefathers, who wove their web of life with hardly a single thread of rose-color or gold, and not on me, who have a tropic-love of sunshine, and would gladly gild all the world with it, if I knew where to find so much.

   • 2018 February 14, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Wednesday, Feb 14, 2018:

     «But THAT! Was the OLDEN TIMES! A massive, worldwide web of global information has ENTANGLED THE WORLD! People in Beijing can read about a magical incident in Moperville in seconds, and have video of it in minutes!«

5. (baseball) The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.

   He caught the ball in the web.

6. A latticed or woven structure.

   The gazebo’s roof was a web made of thin strips of wood.

   • 1866, George Bancroft, “New Netherland”, in History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume II, 21st edition, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, page 281:

     The colonists were forbidden to manufacture any woollen, or linen, or cotton fabrics ; not a web might be woven, not a shuttle thrown, on penalty of exile.

7. (usually with «spin», «weave», or similar verbs) A tall tale with more complexity than a myth or legend.

   Synonym: yarn

   Careful—she knows how to spin a good web, but don’t lean too hard on what she says.

8. A plot or scheme.
9. The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.
11. (rail transport) The thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot) of the rail.

    Coordinate terms: head, foot

12. A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds, or of other animals.
13. The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers.
14. (manufacturing) A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.
15. (lithography) A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper.
16. (dated) A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood of a carriage.
17. A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.

    • 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “The Tenth Booke of Godfrey of Bulloigne”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC, stanza 26, page 184:

      […] And there with ſtately pompe by heapes they wend, / And Chriſtians ſlaine rolle vp in webs of lead […]

    1. The blade of a sword.

       • 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “The Second Booke of Godfrey of Bulloigne”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC, stanza 93, page 38:

         Argant a ſword, whereof the web was ſteele, / Pommell, rich ſtone ; hilts, gold, approu’d by tuch, / With rareſt workmanſhip all forged weele, / The curious art exceld the ſubſtance much.

    2. The blade of a saw.
    3. The thin, sharp part of a colter.
    4. The bit of a key.
18. (dated, US, radio, television) A major broadcasting network.
    • 1950, Billboard (volume 62, number 43, page 9)

      […] the first big move toward a contract for television performers was made Friday (20) when the webs agreed to pay them according to the length of the show. […] Altho the major TV webs — NBC and CBS — may fall in line soon, an agreement may possibly be held up by the opposition of DuMont […]

19. (architecture) A section of a groin vault, separated by ribs. (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
20. (medicine, archaic) A cataract of the eye.

    Synonyms: pin and web, web and pin

Hyponyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

the web

2. Alternative letter-case form of Web: the World Wide Web.

   I found it on the web.

   Let me search the web for that.

   • 2013 May 13, Oliver Burkeman, “Conscious computing: how to take control of your life online”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     No, the web probably isn’t addictive in the sense that nicotine or heroin are; no, Facebook and Twitter aren’t guilty of «killing conversation» or corroding real-life friendship or making children autistic.

Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

web (third-person singular simple present webs, present participle webbing, simple past and past participle webbed)

1. (intransitive) To construct or form a web.
2. (transitive) To cover with a web or network.

   • 1853 June 21, R. C. Stone, “A New Insect”, in Simon Brown, editor, The New England Farmer, volume V, Boston: Raynolds & Nourse, page 362:

     The canker worm has no shelter upon the tree, but lies out upon the leaf or branch ; this forms itself a house by webbing the corner of a leaf, into which it retreats on the first appearance of danger […]

   • 1895, “Has Gold Risen?”, in The Forum, volume XVIII, New York: The Forum Publishing Co., page 577:

     In the meantime continents were being ribbed with railways, the atmosphere was being webbed with telegraph wires connecting every important commercial centre […]

3. (transitive) To ensnare or entangle.
4. (transitive) To provide with a web.
5. (transitive, obsolete) To weave.

   • 1511–12, “An Act agaynst deceyptfull making of Wollen Cloth”, in The Statures of the Realm, volume III, London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, published 1963, page 28:

     Item that the Wever whiche shall have the wevyng of eny wollen yerne to be webbed into cloth shall weve werk […]

Translations[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• web on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams[edit]

• Bew, EBW, WBE

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English web.

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛp/

Noun[edit]

web m (plural webs)

1. web, net, internet
2. Clipping of lloc web.

Noun[edit]

web f (plural webs)

1. Clipping of pàgina web.

Further reading[edit]

• “web” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English web.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛp]
• Rhymes: -ɛp
• Hyphenation: web

Noun[edit]

web m inan

1. the World Wide Web, the Internet
2. web page

   Synonym: webová stránka

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• web in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch webbe, from Old Dutch *web, from Proto-Germanic *wabją, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“weave”).

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛp/
• Hyphenation: web
• Rhymes: -ɛp

Noun[edit]

web n (plural webben, diminutive webje n)

1. web
2. the World Wide Web

Derived terms[edit]

• spinnenweb

Descendants[edit]

• Afrikaans: web

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /wɛb/

Proper noun[edit]

web m

1. Alternative letter-case form of Web

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

web

1. singular imperative of weben
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of weben

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English web.^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛb]
• Rhymes: -ɛb

Noun[edit]

web (plural webek)

1. (computing) web (Internet)

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	web	webek
accusative	webet	webeket
dative	webnek	webeknek
instrumental	webbel	webekkel
causal-final	webért	webekért
translative	webbé	webekké
terminative	webig	webekig
essive-formal	webként	webekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	webben	webekben
superessive	weben	webeken
adessive	webnél	webeknél
illative	webbe	webekbe
sublative	webre	webekre
allative	webhez	webekhez
elative	webből	webekből
delative	webről	webekről
ablative	webtől	webektől
non-attributive possessive — singular	webé	webeké
non-attributive possessive — plural	webéi	webekéi

Possessive forms of web
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	webem	webjeim
2nd person sing.	webed	webjeid
3rd person sing.	webje	webjei
1st person plural	webünk	webjeink
2nd person plural	webetek	webjeitek
3rd person plural	webjük	webjeik

Derived terms[edit]

• webes

(Compound words):

• webalkalmazás
• webáruház
• webcím
• webergonómia
• webkamera
• weblap
• weboldal
• webszerver

References[edit]

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English web, from Middle English webbe, from Old English webb, from Proto-Germanic *wabją, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“weave”).

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): [ˈwɛp̚]
• Hyphenation: wèb

Noun[edit]

web (first-person possessive webku, second-person possessive webmu, third-person possessive webnya)

1. (computing) web, the Web.
2. (computing) network.

   Synonyms: jejaring, jaringan

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• “web” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English web.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛb/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛb
• Hyphenation: wèb

Noun[edit]

web m (invariable)

1. (computing) web (Internet)

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• WEB

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English web.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝe̞bɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun[edit]

web(ウェブ) • (webu) 

1. the Internet

   web(ウェブ)上(じょう)で公(こう)開(かい)された

   webu-jō de kōkai sareta

   made public online

   web(ウェブ)番(ばん)組(ぐみ)

   webu-bangumi

   online program

Usage notes[edit]

• Capitalization may follow English conventions.

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old English webb.

Noun[edit]

web

1. Alternative form of webbe (“woven fabric, web”)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old English webba.

Noun[edit]

web

1. Alternative form of webbe (“weaver”)

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English web.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

web f (uncountable)

1. the World Wide Web

   Synonyms: rede, Internet, net

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English web.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈweb/ [ˈweβ̞], /ˈɡweb/ [ˈɡweβ̞]
• Rhymes: -eb
• Syllabification: web

Noun[edit]

web f (countable and uncountable, plural webs)

1. (Internet) web (Internet)
2. (Internet, countable) webpage, website

   Synonyms: página, página web

   • 2022 February 25, Manuel G. Pascual, “La ciberguerra de Rusia contra Ucrania nunca ha acabado [Russia’s cyberwar against Ukraine never ended]”, in El País‎^[2]:

     La semana pasada se registraron también ciberataques dirigidos a las webs del Ministerio de Defensa ucranio, a la del ejército y a las de bancos estatales.

     Last week cyberattacks on the websites of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, the army, and state banks were also recorded.

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• “web”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Frisian webb, from Proto-Germanic *wabją.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /vɛp/

Noun[edit]

web n (plural webben, diminutive webke)

1. web
2. World Wide Web

Derived terms[edit]

• spinneweb
• webside

Further reading[edit]

• “web”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

1	1   0 The dartboard wire assembly which divides the scoring segments of the dartboard

2	0   0 Web Relationships Abbreviation Of:  World Wide Web Abbreviation:  World Wide Web Citations: †(Long 2004) Effective with this sentence, Wired News will no longer capitalize the «I» in interne [..]

3	0   0 Web Old English webb «woven fabric, woven work, tapestry,» from Proto-Germanic *wabjam «fabric, web» (source also of Old Saxon webbi, Old Norse vefr, Dutch webbe, Old High German weppi [..]

4	0   0 Web A computer term used to describe the global Internet. Synonym: World Wide Web

5	0   0 Web The Web (short for World Wide Web) is a hypertext-based global information system that was originally developed at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics in Geneva. It is a subset of the Interne [..]

6	0   0 Web system of linked documents contained on the Internet.

7	0   0 Web Copyright by Matisse «Web» Enzer —>Short for «World Wide Web.» See also: WWW

8	0   0 Web an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving; "the trees cast a delicate web of shadows over the lawn" construct or form a web, as if [..]

9	0   0 Web the lacy net that spiders spin to trap insects

10	0   0 Web See World Wide Web.

11	0   0 Web Website Design Dictionary World Wide Web

12	0   0 Web is short for the world wide web. A web address takes you to a particular webpage. It is found in the address box at the top of the screen. It probably begins with www. and has dots (.) and slashes (/) [..]

13	0   0 Web A shortened expression for World Wide Web.

14	0   0 Web The roll of paper that is used in web or rotary printing.

15	0   0 Web Roll of paper used in web or rotary presses and most often folded, pasted and converted in one continuous form. Also a ribbon of paper as it unwinds from a roll and threads through the press.

16	0   0 Web A continuous roll of paper used in stamp printing.

17	0   0 Web veb

18	0   0 Web geveb

19	0   0 Web gevebl

20	0   0 Web See: World Wide Web (WWW).

21	0   0 Web 1. The solid portion of a brass centerfire cartridge case between the inside of the case at the head and the bottom of the primer pocket.2. The smallest dimension of a smokeless powder kernel.

22	0   0 Web To dream of webs, foretells deceitful friends will work you loss and displeasure. If the web is non-elastic, you will remain firm in withstanding the attacks of the envious persons who are seeking to obtain favors from you.

23	0   0 Web See World Wide Web.

24	0   0 Web Shortened form of Worldwide Web: technically, the web refers to something different to the internet (-i.e. the HTML graphical layer on top of the internet), but these days most people use both terms i [..]

25

0   0 Web A vast network of scholarly and popular information, located on the Internet, that includes text, pictures, sound, and moving images. Also known as «the Web,» or «WWW,» or «W3.» Rather than using a system of «layered» menus, as Gopher does, the Web uses «links.» Use a mouse to point to a «link& [..]

26	0   0 Web a continuous roll of printing paper used on web-fed presses.

27	0   0 Web The cross wall connecting the face shells of a hollow masonry unit.

28	0   0 Web Refers to the use of the Internet, either via a mobile web or desktop web browser.

29	0   0 Web The portion of a structural member between the flanges.

30	0   0 Web The interior members of a truss or thin center portion of a beam or I-joist.

31	0   0 Web 1) Very long roll of paper used on a printing press where the paper is drawn through the press continuously, and only cut into sheets after printing. The web of paper is the same width as each printin [..]

32	0   0 Web See ‘WWW’.

33	0   0 Web See Box Beam and Truss. Back to Top

34	0   0 Web Completed packaging material – “Web” is usually only used to describe packaging materials still on their roll, before first use.

35	0   0 Web See: World Wide Web

36	0   0 Web Short for World Wide Web.

37	0   0 Web The World Wide Web. An Internet system to distribute graphical, hyper-linked information, based on the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP). The World Wide Web is also known as WWW or W3. The Web is not [..]

38	0   0 Web World Wide Web.

39	0   0 Web The World Wide Web. WWW. Or information superhighway if you remember the early 90s. A huge collection of resources connected by links accessed via the internet. It was invented by British scientist Ti [..]

40	0   0 Web The aggregate collection of documents you can retrieve using the HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) protocol on the Internet. It is like a giant collaborative book, continuously updated by thousands o [..]

41	0   0 Web Also known as World Wide Web. Often used informally to mean the collection of computers connected to the Internet. If you had a large map and put a marker pin in it for every computer on the Internet [..]

42	0   0 Web Short for the world wide web.

43	0   0 Web A program that enables you to find, view and interact with web content — programs like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari or Chrome.

44	0   0 Web The World Wide Web (WWW) is one of the most popular ways of using the Internet because it allows you to view formatted documents with inline images and hyperlinks to related pages elsewhere on the Internet. Browser software is required to "surf the Net" for Web page information.

45	0   0 Web A term used to describe the interlinked collection of «living» (ie. changeable) documents available on the Internet for the purposes of information-exchange, and composed of formatted text, [..]

46	0   0 Web The World Wide Web

47	0   0 Web Short for “World Wide Web” and representing the sites and pages linked together via the Internet.

48	0   0 Web (n) an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving(n) an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim(n) the flattened weblike part of a feather consis [..]

49	0   0 Web a structure of delicate, threadlike filaments spun by spiders, some mites, or certain insects; a membrane or fold of skin connecting the toes, as of certain amphibians, birds, and mammals; the barbs o [..]

50	0   0 Web 1) The vertical or diagonal members joined at the top and bottom chords of a joist or joist girder to form triangular patterns or 2) The portion of a structural member between the flanges.

51	0   0 Web shorthand for the World Wide Web.

52

0   0 Web

53	0   0 Web  A roll of printing paper.

54	0   0 Web The World Wide Web (WWW). A hypermedia-based system for browsing Internet sites. It is named the Web because it is made of many sites linked together; users can travel from one site to another by clic [..]

55	0   0 Web Roll of printing paper.

56	0   0 Web analytics – the measurement, collection, analysis, and reporting of web data for the purposes of understanding and optimizing web usage; the study of web usage behaviors

57	0   0 Web Continuous sheet of paper produced and rolled up at full width on the paper machine.

58	0   0 Web n. Web, Red (Mundial)

59	0   0 Web An information system based on hypertext, in which you can follow links from one document to another. The millions of documents which make up the Web are located on host computers all over the world and can be accessed via the Internet.

60

0   0 Web

61	0   0 Web Stands for the World Wide Web (www). Derived from the idea of a spider web. Now often refers to the network itself.

62	0   0 Web A loose confederation of Computer Communication Networks around the world. The networks that make up the Internet are connected through several backbone networks. The Internet grew out of the US Gover [..]

63	0   0 Web See www

64	0   0 Web The vertical portion of a beam, the athwartship portion of a frame.

65	0   0 Web A term to denote a long film somewhere in the processing stage, frequently being drawn off a large roll. For example, a “printed web” would be a large roll of printed film.

66	0   0 Web The Web is the common name for the World Wide Web, a subset of the Internet consisting of the pages that can be accessed by a Web browser. Many people assume that the Web is the same as the Internet, [..]

67	0   0 Web A continuous length of paper film, foil, or other flexible material as it is unwound from a roll and passed through a machine.

68	0   0 Web the woven or spun network of a spider, or a similar network spun by the larva of certain insects (Webster)

69	0   0 Web n. «web,» s.v. web sb. OED. KEY: web@n

70	0   0 Web n 1 web 1

71	0   0 Web Stasis Webifier. A mid slot module which greatly slows down a target ship (by up to 90% in extreme cases). Webs are often used when tackling. See also: Scram, Point.

72	0   0 Web a pairs movement

73	0   0 Web (l) A single thickness offoil as it leaves the rolling mill. (2) A connecting element between ribs, flanges, or bosses on shapes and forgings.

74	0   0 Web The roll of paper that is used in web or rotary printing.

75	0   0 Web Webbing in writing.

76	0   0 Web CoolFig

77	0   0 Web An electronic debit from a consumer’s bank account created during a secure Internet session between a company and consumer.

78	0   0 Web See the entry for "Internet-Initiated Entry (WEB)"

79	0   0 Web A silken structure produced by a spider and used to catch prey.

80	0   0 Web Continuous roll

81	0   0 Web The roll of paper that is used in web or rotary printing.

82	0   0 Web Continuous sheet of paper coming from a paper machine; a thin layer of paper unwinding from a roll and threading through a rewinder, a printing press to other converting operation.

83	0   0 Web The roll of paper that is used in web or rotary printing.

84	0   0 Web The roll of paper that is used in web or rotary printing.

85	0   0 Web The roll of paper that is used in web or rotary printing.

86	0   0 Web The middle plate of an I-beam, H-beam or channel. The web connects the two flanges, and resists shear forces.

87	0   0 Web The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb. »The sunlight glistened in the dew on the web.» Any interconne [..]

88	0   0 Web WEB is a computer programming system created by Donald E. Knuth as the first implementation of what he called «literate programming»: the idea that one could create software as works of lite [..]

89	0   0 Web GNOME Web (originally called Epiphany from 2003-2012) is a free and open-source web browser for the GNOME desktop environment. The browser was forked from Galeon, after developers’ disagreements about [..]

90	0   0 Web Web or WEB may refer to:

91	0   0 Web WEB is a computer programming system created by Donald E. Knuth as the first implementation of what he called «literate programming»: the idea that one could create software as works of lite [..]

92	0   0 Web GNOME Web (originally called Epiphany from 2003-2012) is a free and open-source web browser for the GNOME desktop environment. The browser was forked from Galeon, after developers’ disagreements about [..]

93	0   0 Web The Web is a team of superpowered agents published under DC Comics Impact Comics line. The team is based on Archie Comics old superhero, The Web. Created by Len Strazewski and Tom Artis, its first app [..]

94	0   0 Web A web is a long, thin, and flexible material. Common webs include foil, metal, paper, textile, plastic film, and wire. Common processes carried out on webs include coating, plating, and laminating. A [..]

95	0   0 Web The Web is a fictional character, a superhero created by MLJ Comics’ in 1942 by artist John Cassone and an unknown writer.

96	0   0 Web The Web is a fictional character, a superhero created by MLJ Comics’ in 1942 by artist John Cassone and an unknown writer.

97	0   0 Web Web is a science fiction novel written by the English science fiction author John Wyndham. The novel was published by the estate of John Wyndham in 1979, ten years after his death.

98	0   0 Web In mathematics, a web permits an intrinsic characterization in terms of Riemannian geometry of the additive separation of variables in the Hamilton–Jacobi equation.

99	0   0 Web Web is a 2013 documentary film directed by Michael Kleiman. The documentary follows several Peruvian families as they gain computer and Internet access for the first time through the One Laptop per C [..]

100	0   0 Web Web is a collaborative album by Bill Laswell and Terre Thaemlitz, released on January 24, 1995 by Subharmonic.

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Web most often refers to:

• Spider web, a silken structure created by the animal
• World Wide Web or the Web, an Internet-based hypertext system

Web, WEB, or the Web may also refer to:

Computing[edit]

• WEB, a literate programming system created by Donald Knuth
• GNOME Web, a Web browser
• Web.com, a web-design company
• Webs (web hosting), a Web hosting and website building service

Engineering[edit]

• Web (manufacturing), continuous sheets of material passed over rollers
  • Web, a roll of paper in offset printing
• Web, the vertical element of an I-beam or a rail profile
• Web, the interior beams of a truss

Films[edit]

• Web (2013 film), a documentary
• Webs (film), a 2003 science-fiction movie
• The Web (film), a 1947 film noir
• Charlotte’s Web (2006 film)

Literature[edit]

• Web (comics), a MLJ comicbook character (created 1942)
• Web (novel), by John Wyndham (1979)
• The Web (series), a science fiction series (1997–1999)
• World English Bible, a public-domain Bible translation (2000)
• Charlotte’s Web, children’s novel by E. B. White (1952)

Mathematics[edit]

• Web (differential geometry), a type of set allowing an intrinsic Riemannian-geometry characterisation of the additive separation of variables in the Hamilton–Jacobi equation
• Web, a linear system of divisors of dimension 3

Music[edit]

• Web Entertainment, a record label
• Web (album), a 1995 album by Bill Laswell and Terre Thaemlitz
• «The Web», a song by Marillion from Script for a Jester’s Tear
• «The Web», a song by Neurosis from Souls at Zero
• The Web (band), a British jazz/blues band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s

People[edit]

• W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963), African-American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, author and editor

Radio[edit]

• WEBS (AM), a radio station licensed to Calhoun, Georgia, United States
• West End Broadcast (WeB FM), a radio station in Newcastle, England, that was a forerunner of NE1fm

Television[edit]

• The Web (1950 TV series), a 1950–1954 American mystery/suspense anthology television series that was broadcast on CBS
• The Web (1957 TV series), an American mystery/suspense anthology television series, similar to the 1950–1954 series, that aired on NBC in 1957 as a summer replacement series
• W.E.B., a 1978 American TV series
• The Web, a fictional region of space in the ReBoot television series (and game)
• «Web», an episode of season 7 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• «The Web», an episode of Blake’s 7

Other uses[edit]

• West-East Bag, an international women artists network active from 1971 to 1973

See also[edit]

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• Cobweb (disambiguation)
• Spider Web (disambiguation)
• Webb (disambiguation)
• Webbing, a strong woven fabric
• Interdigital webbing, the presence of membranes of skin between the digits
  • Webbed toes
• Webbed, a 2021 video game
• Webby (disambiguation)
• WWW (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing webs
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