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Whenever you use the internet, you visit websites, whether they're a single page or a complex assortment of content and pages. Popular websites provide information, discussion forums, videos, shopping, and much more. We visit websites to get the weather report, buy plane tickets, listen to music, check school calendars, and post vacation photos. Website was first used in 1994, not long after the invention of the World Wide Web in 1990.

Definitions of website
  1. noun
    a series of related web pages on the World Wide Web located under a single domain name
    synonyms: internet site, site, web site
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    types:
    chat room, chatroom
    a site on the internet where a number of users can communicate in real time (typically one dedicated to a particular topic)
    portal, portal site
    a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet
    type of:
    computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system
    a machine for performing calculations automatically
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Common Core Grade 6, List 7

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