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The World Wide Web (which means "worldwide network", also known as Web and WWW) is a system of hypermedia documents that are linked and executed on the Internet.

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What is the purpose of the WWW subdomain?

What's the point of having www.? Isn't it just useless extra text? Since everyone is used to it, www.google.com looks more well-balanced than google.com, but why did it start in the first place? One ...
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What does wwws mean?

I've seen a couple of sites that use wwws in their domain, for example: wwws.mint.com and wwws.whitehouse.gov. I'm sure it has something to do with an extra layer of security. What does it mean and ...
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Is it possible for many domain names to share one IP address?

Is it possible for many domain names to share one IP address? For example, www.xjtl.com, www.fmie.com, sdmfl.com, etc. Hundreds of domain names share just one IP – when you do a DNS query for each of ...
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What is a hostname versus a computer name versus a subdomain versus www?

I was searching for understanding what is the “www” at the beginning of so many web addresses in the Internet. I read in somewhere that “www” is called “hostname”. The world “hostname” made me go a ...
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Does the meaning of the term WWW mean it has to be performed by HTTP servers- by definition? [closed]

The following is a question regarding correct terminology. Could the World Wide Web exist without HTTP? Is there any other application layer protocol that can serve WWW pages? Is HTTP an essential ...
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How do I show www. and https:// in Chrome 79? [duplicate]

I just updated Chrome to version 79, and I noticed that prefixes like https:// and www. have disappeared again. Before, I fixed this by setting the omnibox-ui-hide-steady-state-url-scheme-and-...
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Is it possible to disable the HTTP referer header being passed by browsers?

Is it possible to force browsers so they don't include the HTTP referer header? I'd like that every page visit looks like it's accessed by a manually typed URL in the browser's address bar, not like ...
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What is the maximum size of a cookie, and how many can be stored in a browser for each web site?

I am learning about cookies, and I wonder about browser support: For each domain/web site, how many cookies may be sent to a browser, and of what size? If multiple cookies are sent and stored, does ...
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Is the www in web addresses a subdomain? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Whats the purpose of the WWW subdomain? I read about sub domains at w3schools, but Wikipedia says something different. The w3schools gave the example of www being a sub domain....
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How do I administer /var/www?

I'm new to Linux and I'm trying to setup a small testing server inside of a VM running Ubuntu Server. I've found the /var/www folder and it should be the one where my Apache documents are stored, in ...
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Why the difference in the URL formatting?

Why is that some URL's end with .html while some do not, while most of them are HTML pages? Why is that some URL's begin with www and some do not, while all of them are on World Wide Web?
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Settings permissions on /var/www

I'm running ubuntu server and have apache installed as a web server. I'm letting my web developers upload files through sftp (ssh) to /var/www. I'm using www-data group to control access to /var/www ...
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firefox: don't save error pages in history

Can I configure Firefox so that error pages are not kept in the history? If I enter once a mistaken URL, say superusre.com, it is kept in my history. Every time I start typing supe... it is suggested ...
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What's the point of "waiting to redirect" pages?

I noticed that many websites, when they redirect you, they show a "redirecting in 5 seconds" page before the actual redirection. What's the purpose of that? I am currently implementing a ...
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names of different http schemes

I am wondering what the different names are for these things: localhost (host?) localhost:3000 (address?) http://localhost:3000 (url base?) http://localhost:3000/xyz ...
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Some web sites don't come up until I reload the page?

I have a problem with some web sites where the first time I hit the site, the web browser says "connecting" and then it will time out. If I hit the site again, it will load just fine. If I browse ...
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m.www.yahoo.com - an illusion (subdomain subdomain)? or something stranger

I just noticed this URL as I checked my yahoo account (secondary, yay gmail). I've never seen a URL like this with a string before the www. Is this an illusion (the www is a subdomain that just ...
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"Ebay.com" randomly not working inside network

Before I go to the work of calling my ISP I decided to see if this community has an answer. I have never had this issue before, and I also haven't done any hardware or firmware changes recently. So ...
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Deploying git clone into Windows 10 inetpub wwwroot

I have a brand new Windows 10 Professional installed, configuring for the first time. I have a local web presence that I like to deploy, typically from Git repository straight into whatever the ...
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Can you explain what the 'index of ___' sites are?

I recently discovered that if you search on Google 'index of _' (where _ is a name of a TV serie, for instance the mythical Lost) you find a list of episodes that are available for download. These ...
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nginx - ssl and www redirect configuration

this is related to: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24538973/django-allowed-hosts-error-for-www-domain-and-ip-address i'm attempting to redirect www and non-ssl requests to ssl non-www domain for ...
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Where File converted Manually? [closed]

I used many Sites on internet to Convert my Files online but they does not give the better quality they paste the images on it. Now I want to that the sites are convert it manually for better result. ...
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What else is online that doesn't come under WWW (World Wide Web)? [closed]

I understand the difference between Internet and WWW, that internet refers to whole network that binds all the machines (servers and clients or hosts) together and differentiates between each of them ...
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What is www, what difference between www and normal http page? [closed]

What is www and what is the difference with a normal web page or site? If i open www.google.com or google.com simply, what change?
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WWW displays different IP than Non-WWW [closed]

When i ping the domain.com i get X IP and when i ping the www.domain.com i get Y IP address. I have added the nameservers on the domain host to point to my web server. The web server IP is Y. When ...
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Transfer Secret: AuthCode vs EPP code

Talking about transfer secret: What is the difference between AuthCode and EPP code and which one is the correct name. The wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfer_secret is not clear on ...
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IIS server not accessible outside of LAN

I've started up multiple computers and run servers trough IIS multiple times. I had no problem setting up servers on Windows 7, 8 Developer, 8 Consumer, but now that I have Windows 8 Pro, I can't seem ...
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What's the meaning of www/whois/intoDNS for a hostname?

when I rent a dedicated server, there have three buttons for a hostname. www/whois/intoDNS, what's the meaning of them, what's the function they have?
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browse ipv6 hosts by hostname, instead of ipv6 address

Is it possible to browse to ipv6 address by hostname? So instead of http://[2001:888:0:18::80] go to like http://[www.xs4all.nl]. I know this is not working but why is this? To be clear, this is not a ...
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301 redirect from non-www to www for nginx

I am using following code in my site to do permanent 301 redirect from non-www domain to www domain. My web server is nginx. rewrite ^/([^&]*)&(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1?$2 permanent; ...
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Apache2 can't connect site from outside

I'm trying to set up an Apache2 wordpress website. Server runs Debian Jessie. I can access the site with local ip but not from outside LAN. What's wrong with my config files please : ports.conf ...
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Domain issues with WWW [closed]

I have this domain that I recently brought: But if I access to: It shows the website where I brought the domain from, why is it doing this?
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How to set up www cname for free dyndns subdomain

I have a free dyndns domain mk12.gotdns.com How can I set up a cname for www.mk12.gotdns.com to point to mk12.gotdns.com? And how can I force the www one, so that if you navigate to mk12.gotdns....
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Route certain domains through cloudflare warp

I'm new to this subject. I have a ubuntu vps and vnc server installed on it. I want to use cloudflare warp only for selected domains/subdomains and all other traffic go through default WAN interface. ...
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How to start an external program on the Linux computer on which WWW-PHP is running, from non-CLI PHP?

I used to use Windows, with nginx and PHP. A localhost-only webserver for my own use. In my web "control panel", I had various very time-saving shortcuts. For example, I was able to click on ...
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How dns rootserver anycast work?

I know the DNS root servers have 13 ips and they use anycast to spread the request to their 800 actual physical servers around the world. I know the root server in HongKong have a same ip with ...
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URL as resource locator or something else - how does it work?

I'm a little bit confused how URLs work. In the old days, when I was learning HTML and stuff, I knew that what goes after domain name is a location of a file that we want to load (for example website....
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Apache/PHP cannot save to the public_html

Apache and PHP are running as nobody user and group. public_html folder is set to: drwxrwx--- 11 myuser nobody 4096 Feb 11 14:39 public_html/ but when Apache and PHP (via Wordpress) tries to ...
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Why does www.example.com differ from example.com?

I tried redirecting in the "head" section, but what I got was a flickering screen. I wish to have the www.redirect to the "clean" URL. How do I do so without the flickering (which I take is ...
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find all users with personal web pages on a server

for a homework question for a class, I have been tasked with finding all grad/undergrad students that have a webpage on the schools server. There must be a list somewhere, but I can not figure out ...
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Give rights to a sub map on my domain?

Is it possible to safely give other people FTP rights to one or more sub-maps within my domain? I want people that know how to work with FTP clients directly upload to my domain instead of using my ...
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PHP Web Proxy does not perform ajax requests properly

I have this problem Gmail will not load except with a web proxy, which lead me to do some testing. I am using latest PHProxyImproved. After testing on my web app, it appears that all AJAX pulls do ...
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What does "ww35" or "ww20" mean in a URL or domain, like in ww35.mydomain.com? [duplicate]

What does "ww35" or "ww20" mean in a URL or domain like, in ww35.mydomain.com? What is they used for? Why when I visit some page using these, receive a message "This IP has been banned". Which IP ...
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What information can a browser track about me on the internet? [closed]

When I go a to a website, what sort of information can that server collect about my identity, under normal circumstances? I knows they can track my IP address and operating system. What else is there?
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