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A
website is a collection of web pages, images, videos or other digital
assets that is hosted on one or more web servers, 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.
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