Web-Related Terms Beginning with W
Web address​
A web address is a website's specific location on the web.
Web API​
Web APIs connect a caller to the resource and services of a web-based system.
Web Host​
A web host is an organization that owns servers and rents spaces to people who need to host their web documents.
Web Storage​
Web storage is the JavaScript API browsers provide for storing data locally and securely within a user's browser.
Webpage​
A web page is a single code file configured by an editor to interconnect with other documents on the World Wide Web (WWW).
Website​
A website is a set (or collection) of web pages configured by an editor to interconnect with other documents on the World Wide Web (WWW).
while
Loop Statement (JS)​
A while loop instructs the computer that while a specified condition is true, it should execute the while
loop's code block repeatedly.
Wildcard (RegExp)​
Regular expression's wildcard operator (.
) specifies that you wish to find any character that is not the newline or any other line terminator characters.
Word Boundary (RegExp)​
Regular expression's word boundary operator (\b
) asserts that you wish to find the RegExp pattern at a word's starting (or ending) boundary.
World Wide Web​
World Wide Web (WWW) is the global connection between servers' webpages.
Working Directory​
A working directory is a local folder you create to store all your project's files.
As such, any folder you create anywhere on a system is a working directory.
Workstation​
A workstation is a powerful computer (or laptop) used for technical and engineering works like software development, computer-aided designs (CAD), and other graphics-intensive projects.