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Web
Short for ‘World Wide Web’
Web servers
Servers that provide the functionality to access, view, use and contribute to the world wide web - in the form of web page creation, for example - typically supporting http-scripted technology.
Web space
‘Areas’ of space designated on the world wide web for web users to post their sites and content, paid for incrementally to the Internet Service Provider who hosts the site.
Windows 2000 Virtual Web Hosting Service
A service that offers users Windows 2000 software via a hosted server platform, owned and operated by an ISP such as Trinité. Additionally, a Nildram-supplied Virtual Internet Service Provider (VISP) can provide the same service, virtually, to its own clients.
Wires only
for example ADSL Wires Only, an option supplied by Trinité – A service that allows clients to select their own hardware and configuration for Internet connections, while using the ISP’s core network and customer support. The ISP supplies the phone line, login and password. The client is responsible for providing the router/modem, their configuration and associated microfilters.
World Wide Web/WWW
(or simply Web for short) - A term frequently used (incorrectly) when referring to the Internet. WWW is actually the universe of hypertext servers (HTTP servers), more commonly called ‘web servers’, which are the servers that serve web pages to web browsers.

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