www

«www» in Mova's school dictionary: www stands for «World Wide Web», the system of linked… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

abbreviation (www)

meaning for a pupil

1) www stands for «World Wide Web», the system of linked pages and sites you visit on the internet with a web browser. tree →

2) It often appears at the start of website addresses. tree →

sense in the lessons

In computing and online safety lessons, pupils learn that the World Wide Web is not the same as the internet: the internet is the network of connected computers, and the web is the pages on it. Children learn to check website addresses carefully and to ask an adult before visiting new sites. Phrases: «www dot», «on the web», «web address».

examples

• Type www and then the name of the website. tree →
• The address starts with www. tree →
• www means World Wide Web. tree →
• The internet carries the World Wide Web, email and much more. tree →
• Ask a grown-up before you visit a new www address. tree →
• Dad read out the web address: www, dot, then the name. tree →
• Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net tree →

note

Abbreviation, written in small letters in addresses and said «double-u double-u double-u» (or «dub dub dub»). Many sites now work without the www. Trap: the web and the internet are not the same thing.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «www» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.