websiten.
/ˈwɛbsʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈwɛbˌsaɪt/ Computing.
A collection of related and linked web pages hosted under a single domain name, typically produced by a single person, organization, etc.; the notional location on the World Wide Web at which such a collection of web pages can be accessed.The first website went online in 1991 under the address info.cern.ch and chiefly contained information and technical details on how to use the World Wide Web.
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1993 FreeLore Whitepaper Repost in alt.uu.future (Usenet newsgroup) 25 Jan. World Wide Web sites: info.cern.ch (128.141.201.74)..[etc.].]
1993 Computer Shopper (Nexis) Mar. 726/3 Alas, the web has just begun its development. When we checked, we found that there's not even a single web site in North America, although there is a very good chance that one will exist by the time this goes to print.
1994 .net Dec. 13/4 Pore over fascinating trivia on The Death of Rock 'n' Roll, a..Web site that provides detailed information on rigamortis [sic] rockers who are prematurely pushing up the daisies.
1997 J. Seabrook Deeper vii. 230 About sixty hits deep into the search, at the Web site of Jay Kinney,..I came across an article called ‘The Return of Baal’.
2000 Sunday Times 23 July i. 15 (advt.) European billers are currently grappling with e-commerce strategies, asking: ‘How do I get my customers to my web site?’
2007 D. Lawrence & S. Tavakol Balanced Website Design x. 223 When people request to connect to a particular website, a series of DNS servers are interrogated until the physical location of the webserver storing..the website is found.
2014 Daily Tel. 14 Feb. 30/1 Such is the Netflix way: if you want a recap, feel free to dip back into the previous series, still there in its entirety on their website.
Compounds
General attributive, as website address, website content, website design, website owner, website traffic, website visitor, etc.
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1994 Computerworld 19 Dec. 105/3 The company handles 2,000 E-mail messages and 5,000 Web site visits a day.
1996 Observer 31 Mar. (Business section) 20/2 Just to prove what a hip and happening drink blue Pepsi is, each one of the new cans will carry the Pepsico Website address.
2001 Guardian 2 July (Media section) 51/2 Leading website owners in the US have..given skyscraper ads their vote of confidence.
2002 D. Goleman et al. Business: Ultimate Resource 157/1 Four out of five consumers abandoned attempts to purchase products online due to poor website design and functionality.
2007 B. O'Connor Del.icio.us Mashups ii. 11 A feed reader is a special kind of software that lets you monitor and read website content through its RSS feeds.
2013 Lima (Ohio) News 12 May b6/3 In addition to browsing the photos..on the Historical Timeline, website visitors are encouraged to contribute as well.
2015 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 24 Oct. (Lifestyle section) 2 The magazine's website traffic has..quadrupled.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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