what is web

Definitions of web on the Web:

•an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving; "the trees cast a delicate web of shadows over the lawn"
•an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim
•vane: the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
•network: an interconnected system of things or people; "he owned a network of shops"; "retirement meant dropping out of a whole network of people who had been part of my life"; "tangled in a web of cloth"
•World Wide Web: computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol
•a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven)
•construct or form a web, as if by weaving
•membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and mammals
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