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In the simplest, most common case, a web page is a file written in <a href="/HTML">HTML</a>, stored on the <a href="/server">server</a>. It may refer to <a href="/images">images</a> which appear as part of the page when it is displayed by a <a href="/web+browser">web browser</a>. It is also possible for the server to generate pages dynamically in response to a request, e.g. using a <a href="/CGI">CGI</a> script. <p></p> A web page can be in any format that the browser or a <a href="/helper+application">helper application</a> can display. The format is transmitted as part of the headers of the response as a <a href="/MIME">MIME</a> type, e.g. "text/html", "image/gif". <p></p> An HTML web page will typically refer to other web pages and <a href="/Internet">Internet</a> resources by including <a href="/hypertext">hypertext</a> links. <p></p> A <a href="/website">website</a> often has a <a href="/home+page">home page</a> (usually just the hostname, e.g. http://foldoc.org/). It may also have individual home pages for each user with an account at the site. <p></p> <p class="updated">Last updated: <a href="/new.html">1999-03-21</a></p> <p></p> <p class="vertical-space"></p><h3>Nearby terms:</h3> <p class="neighbours"> <a href="/webmonkey">webmonkey</a> ♦ <a href="/WebObjects">WebObjects</a> ♦ <b><a href="/web+page">web page</a></b> ♦ <a href="/web+proxy">web proxy</a> ♦ <a href="/Web+Request+Broker">Web Request Broker</a> ♦ <a href="/web+server">web server</a> </p> <p> Try this search on <a href="https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=web+page">Wikipedia</a>, <a href="https://www.wiktionary.org/wiki/web+page">Wiktionary</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=define:web+page">Google</a>, <a href="https://www.onelook.com/?w=web+page">OneLook</a>. </p> <p class="vertical-space"></p> <hr> <div></div> <hr> <!-- if HTMLCOMMENTBOX --> <div id="HCB_comment_box">Loading</div> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="//www.htmlcommentbox.com/static/skins/bootstrap/twitter-bootstrap.css?v=0"> <script language="javascript" id="hcb"> hcb_user = { PAGE: 'https://foldoc.org/web+page', comments_header: ' ', no_comments_msg: ' ', err_comment_empty: 'Your comment was not posted because it was empty!', rss: '', }; var s = document.createElement("script"); s.setAttribute("type", "text/javascript"); s.setAttribute("src", "//www.htmlcommentbox.com/jread?page=" + escape(hcb_user.PAGE).replace(/\+/g, "%2B") + "&mod=%241%24wq1rdBcg%24.0y2uzvjA2bsnhzpXVq9F." + "&opts=17374&num=10"); // No e-mail field: 16846 if (typeof s != "undefined") document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(s); </script> <script> setTimeout(function () { document.getElementById('hcb_form_content').rows = 1 }, 1000); </script> <hr> <!-- end HTMLCOMMENTBOX --> </div> <!-- content --> </div> <!-- left --> <div id="right"> <div id="google_translate_element"> <script> function googleTranslateElementInit() { new google.translate.TranslateElement({ pageLanguage: 'en' }, 'google_translate_element'); } </script> <script src="https://translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit"></script> </div> <p><br></p> <hr> <div id="social"> <div class="fb-like" data-href="http://foldoc.org/" data-layout="button_count" data-action="like" data-show-faces="false" data-share="true"> </div> <a href="https://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-via="foldoc"> Tweet </a> <script> if (!document.getElementById('twitter-wjs')) { var fjs = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0], js = document.createElement('script'); js.id = 'twitter-wjs'; js.src = 'https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js'; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); } </script> </div> <hr> <div> <p></p> </div> <p> <a href="/rss.xml"> <img src="/orangerss.gif" width="14" height="14" alt="RSS feed of new items"> </a> <a href="/new.html">Recent Updates</a> | <a href="/missing.html">Missing Terms</a> </p> <p>Updated: Sun, 06 Oct 2024 20:18:24 GMT</p> <p>15274 entries</p> <p><em><a href="/Free+On-line+Dictionary">Copyright Denis Howe 1985</a></em></p> </div> <!-- right --> </div> <!-- container --> <!-- Start Quantcast --> <script type="text/javascript"> window._qevents = window._qevents || []; (function() { var elem = document.createElement('script'); elem.src = 'https://secure.quantserve.com/quant.js'; elem.async = true; elem.type = 'text/javascript'; var scpt = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; scpt.parentNode.insertBefore(elem, scpt); })(); window._qevents.push({ qacct: 'p-48Rosdvs3EiOc', uid: '__INSERT_EMAIL_HERE__' }); </script> <noscript> <div style="display:none;"> <img src="https//pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-48Rosdvs3EiOc.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt="Quantcast"/> </div> </noscript> <!-- End Quantcast --> </body> </html>