| web page A block of data available on the , identified by a . In the simplest, most common case, a web page is a file written in , stored on the . It may refer to which appear as part of the page when it is displayed by a . It is also possible for the server to generate pages dynamically in response to a request, e.g. using a script. A web page can be in any format that the browser or a can display. The format is transmitted as part of the headers of the response as a type, e.g. "text/html", "image/gif". An HTML web page will typically refer to other web pages and resources by including links. A often has a (usually just the hostname, e.g. http://www.foldoc.org/). It may also have individual home pages for each user with an account at the site. (1999-03-21) |