"WWW" meaning in English

See WWW in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈdʌ.bəl.juː ˈdʌ.bəl.juː ˈdʌ.bəl.juː/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdʌ.bjə ˈdʌ.bjə ˈdʌ.bjə/ [Southern-US], /ˈdʌb ˈdʌb ˈdʌb/ [General-American, New-Zealand] (note: variant or rapid speech in US), [dʌ.ɥʊ̆.dʌ.ɥʊ̆.dʌ.bˡju] [UK] (note: variant or rapid speech) Audio: en-uk-WWW.ogg [UK], en-us-www-1.ogg [US], en-us-www-2.ogg [Southern-US], en-US-dub dub dub.ogg [US], en-uk-dubydubydublyoo.ogg [UK]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} WWW
  1. (Internet) Initialism of World Wide Web. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: World Wide Web Translations (World Wide Web (abbreviation)): 萬維網 /万维网 (wànwéiwǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), TTT (Esperanto), www (Finnish), WWW [masculine] (French), WWW (Indonesian), TTT (Latin), TAW (Tukutuku Ao Whānui) (Māori), WWW [feminine] (Polish), WWW [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-WWW-en-name-MLuWOuKr Categories (other): Internet, English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplicated coordinated triples, English terms with 3 consecutive instances of the same letter, English words spelled without vowels, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Māori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Internet Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated triples: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms with 3 consecutive instances of the same letter: 51 49 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 52 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Māori translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Internet: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'World Wide Web (abbreviation)': 58 42
  2. (Internet) Initialism of World Wide Web Consortium. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: World Wide Web Consortium
    Sense id: en-WWW-en-name-BTiClfr8 Categories (other): Internet, English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplicated coordinated triples, English terms with 3 consecutive instances of the same letter, English words spelled without vowels, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Māori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Internet Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated triples: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms with 3 consecutive instances of the same letter: 51 49 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 52 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Māori translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Internet: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: WWW page
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      "word": "WWW"
    }
  ],
  "word": "WWW"
}

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