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A website (or "web site") is a collection of related web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that are hosted on one web server, usually accessible via the Internet.
A web page is a document, typically written in (
X)HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP, a protocol that transfers information from the web server to display in the user's web browser.
All publicly accessible websites are seen collectively as constituting the "
World Wide Web".
The pages of a website can usually be accessed from a common root
URL called the homepage, and usually reside on the same physical server. The URLs of the pages organize them into a hierarchy, although the hyperlinks between them control how the reader perceives the overall structure and how the traffic flows between the different parts of the site.
Some websites require a
subscription to access some or all of their content. Examples of subscription sites include many business sites, parts of many news sites, academic journal sites, gaming sites, message boards, Web-based e-mail, services, social networking websites, and sites providing real-time stock market data. Because they require authentication to view the content they are technically an Intranet site.