Web most often refers to: *

Spider web A spider web, spiderweb, spider's web, or cobweb (from the archaic word ''Wikt:coppe, coppe'', meaning 'spider') is a structure created by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk extruded from its spinnerets, generally meant to catch its prey ...

, a silken structure created by the animal *

World Wide Web The World Wide Web (WWW or simply the Web) is an information system that enables Content (media), content sharing over the Internet through user-friendly ways meant to appeal to users beyond Information technology, IT specialists and hobbyis ...

or the Web, an Internet-based hypertext system Web, WEB, or the Web may also refer to:

Computing

WEB Web most often refers to: * Spider web, a silken structure created by the animal * World Wide Web or the Web, an Internet-based hypertext system Web, WEB, or the Web may also refer to: Computing * WEB, a literate programming system created by ...

, a literate programming system created by Donald Knuth *

GNOME Web GNOME Web, called Epiphany until 2012 and still known by that code name, is a free and open-source web browser based on the GTK port of Apple's WebKit rendering engine, called WebKitGTK. It is developed by the GNOME project for Unix-like syst ...

, a Web browser * Web.com, a web-design company *

Webs (web hosting) Webs, formerly Freewebs, was a freemium, primarily static site-only web host founded in 2001 and active until 2023. The service offered free and premium website hosting plans, and their own templated website building service. Unusually, Webs did ...

, a Web hosting and website building service *

Web hosting service A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that hosts websites for clients, i.e. it offers the facilities required for them to create and maintain a site and makes it accessible on the World Wide Web. Companies providing web h ...

Engineering

Web (manufacturing) A web is a long, thin, and flexible material. Common webs include foil, metal, paper, textile, plastic film, and wire. Common processes carried out on webs include coating, plating, and laminating.. A web is generally processed by moving over ...

, continuous sheets of material passed over rollers ** Web, a roll of paper in

offset printing Offset printing is a common printing technique in which the inked image is transferred (or "offset") from a plate to a rubber blanket and then to the printing surface. When used in combination with the lithography, lithographic process, which ...

* Web, the vertical element of an

I-beam An I-beam is any of various structural members with an - (serif capital letter 'I') or H-shaped cross section (geometry), cross-section. Technical terms for similar items include H-beam, I-profile, universal column (UC), w-beam (for "wide flang ...

or a

rail profile The rail profile is the cross-sectional shape of a Railway track#Rail, rail as installed on a railway or railroad, perpendicular to its length. Early rails were made of wood, cast iron or wrought iron. All modern rails are hot rolled steel ...

* Web, the interior beams of a

truss A truss is an assembly of ''members'' such as Beam (structure), beams, connected by ''nodes'', that creates a rigid structure. In engineering, a truss is a structure that "consists of two-force members only, where the members are organized so ...

Films

* ''Web'' (2013 film), a documentary * ''Webs'' (film), a 2003 science-fiction movie * ''The Web'' (film), a 1947 film noir *

Charlotte's Web (2006 film) ''Charlotte's Web'' is a 2006 fantasy film based on the 1952 novel by E. B. White. Directed by Gary Winick and written by Susannah Grant and Karey Kirkpatrick, it is the third and final film of Paramount's ''Charlotte's Web'' franchise, a ...

Literature

* ''Web'' (comics), an MLJ comicbook character (created 1942) * ''Web'' (novel), by John Wyndham (1979) *

The Web (series) The Web is a series of 12 books for young adults, novellas about the Internet of the future, edited by Simon Spanton, written by English language science fiction and fantasy authors like Stephen Baxter, Stephen Bowkett, Eric Brown, Pat Cadigan, ...

, a science fiction series (1997–1999) *

World English Bible The World English Bible (WEB) is an English translation of the Bible freely shared online. The translation work began in 1994 and was deemed complete in 2020. Created by Michael Paul Johnson with help from volunteers, the WEB is an updated re ...

, a public-domain Bible translation (2000) *

Charlotte's Web ''Charlotte's Web'' is a book of children's literature by American author E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams. It was published on October 15, 1952, by Harper & Brothers. It tells the story of a livestock pig named Wilbur and his frie ...

, a children's novel by E. B. White (1952)

Mathematics

Web (differential geometry) In mathematics, a web permits an intrinsic characterization in terms of Riemannian geometry of the additive separation of variables in the Hamilton–Jacobi equation. Formal definition An orthogonal web (also called an orthogonal grid or Ricci grid ...

, a type of set allowing an intrinsic Riemannian-geometry characterisation of the additive separation of variables in the Hamilton–Jacobi equation * Web, a

linear system of divisors In algebraic geometry, a linear system of divisors is an algebraic generalization of the geometric notion of a family of curves; the dimension of the linear system corresponds to the number of parameters of the family. These arose first in the f ...

of dimension 3

Music

* Web Entertainment, a record label * ''Web'' (album), a 1995 album by Bill Laswell and Terre Thaemlitz * "The Web", a song by Marillion from ''

Script for a Jester's Tear ''Script for a Jester's Tear'' is the debut studio album by British neo-prog band Marillion, released in the United Kingdom on 14 March 1983 by EMI Records. The album reached number seven and spent 31 weeks in the UK Albums Chart, eventual ...

'' * "The Web", a song by Neurosis from ''

Souls at Zero ''Souls at Zero'' is the third studio album by the American post-metal band Neurosis (band), Neurosis. It was released in 1992 by the Alternative Tentacles record label. Their first album with Simon Mcllroy, ''Souls at Zero'' marked a shift in t ...

'' * "The Web", a song by Zao from ''

The Crimson Corridor ''The Crimson Corridor'' is the eleventh studio album by American metalcore band Zao. The album was released on April 9, 2021, through Observed/Observer Recordings, the band's own record label. Recording and lyrics The album began the recording ...

'' *

The Web (band) The Web were a British jazz/blues Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated among African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues has incorporated spiritual (music), spirituals, work songs, fie ...

, a British jazz/blues band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s

People

W. E. B. Du Bois William Edward Burghardt Du Bois ( ; February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relativel ...

(1868–1963), American sociologist and civil rights activist *

Warren Edward Buffett Warren Edward Buffett ( ; born August 30, 1930) is an American investor and philanthropist who currently serves as the chairman and CEO of the conglomerate holding company Berkshire Hathaway. As a result of his investment success, Buffett is ...

(born 1930), American business magnate and investor

Radio

WEBS (AM) WEBS (1030 Hertz, kHz) is an American commercial AM radio, AM radio station licensed to serve the community of Calhoun, Georgia; the station serves the Gordon County, Georgia area. The station broadcasts an adult contemporary radio format. His ...

, a radio station licensed to Calhoun, Georgia, United States * West End Broadcast (WeB FM), a radio station in Newcastle, England, that was a forerunner of

NE1fm Nova Radio North East, (formerly NE1fm) was an FM broadcasting, FM Community radio in the United Kingdom, community radio station based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Launched in 2007, the station broadcasts 24 hours a day on 102.5 FM, and onl ...

Television

* ''The Web'' (1950 TV series), a 1950–1954 American mystery/suspense anthology television series that was broadcast on CBS * ''The Web'' (1957 TV series), an American mystery/suspense anthology television series, similar to the 1950–1954 series, that aired on NBC in 1957 as a summer replacement series * '' W.E.B.'', a 1978 American TV series * The Web, a fictional region of space in the ''

ReBoot In computing, rebooting is the process by which a running computer system is restarted, either intentionally or unintentionally. Reboots can be either a cold reboot (alternatively known as a hard reboot) in which the power to the system is physi ...

'' television series (and game) * "Web", an episode of season 7 of ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' * "The Web", an episode of ''Blake's 7'' * "The Web", an episode of ''The Amazing World of Gumball''

Other uses

* West-East Bag, an international women artists network active from 1971 to 1973