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Web page

A web page (or webpage) is a document on the Web that is


accessed in a web browser.[1] A website typically consists of many
web pages linked together under a common domain name. The
term "web page" is therefore a metaphor of paper pages bound
together into a book.

Navigation Each article on the Wikipedia


website is a distinct web page. The
Each web page is identified by a distinct Uniform Resource URL is visible in the browser's
Locator (URL). When the user inputs a URL into their web address bar at the top.
browser, the browser retrieves the necessary content from a web
server and then transforms it into an interactive visual
representation on the user's screen.[2]

If the user clicks or taps a link, the browser repeats this process to load the new URL, which could be
part of the current website or a different one. The browser has features, such as the address bar, that
indicate which page is displayed.

Elements
A web page is a structured document. The core element is a text
file written in the HyperText Markup Language (HTML). This
specifies the content of the page,[3] including images and video.

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) specify the presentation of the


page.[3] CSS rules can be in separate text files or embedded within
the HTML file.

The vast majority[4] of pages have JavaScript programs, enabling a


wide range of behavior.[3] The newer WebAssembly language can
also be used as a supplement.[5]
The home page of NASA from 2008
The most sophisticated web pages, known as web apps, combine these elements in a complex manner.

Deployment
From the perspective of server-side website deployment, there are two types of web pages: static and
dynamic. Static pages are retrieved from the web server's file system without any modification,[6]
while dynamic pages must be created by the server on the fly, typically reading from a database to fill
out a template, before being sent to the user's browser.[7] An example of a dynamic page is a search
engine results page.

See also
Single-page application
Progressive web app
Web Components

References
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eb+page). Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20210423170632/https://www.thefreedictionary.c
om/web+page) from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
2. "Behind the scenes of modern web browsers" (http://taligarsiel.com/Projects/howbrowserswork1.h
tm). Tali Garsiel. Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20180418175529/http://taligarsiel.com/Proj
ects/howbrowserswork1.htm) from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
3. Flanagan, David (18 April 2011). JavaScript: the definitive guide (https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/68
6709345). Beijing; Farnham: O'Reilly. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-4493-9385-4. OCLC 686709345 (https://s
earch.worldcat.org/oclc/686709345). "JavaScript is part of the triad of technologies that all Web
developers must learn: HTML to specify the content of web pages, CSS to specify the
presentation of web pages, and JavaScript to specify the behavior of web pages."
4. "Usage Statistics of JavaScript as Client-side Programming Language on Websites" (https://w3tec
hs.com/technologies/details/cp-javascript). W3Techs. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
5. "The State of WebAssembly 2023" (https://blog.scottlogic.com/2023/10/18/the-state-of-webassem
bly-2023.html). Scott Logic. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
6. Melendez, Steven (10 August 2018). "The Difference Between Dynamic & Static Web Pages" (htt
ps://web.archive.org/web/20190320233700/https://smallbusiness.chron.com/difference-between-d
ynamic-static-pages-69951.html). Chron. Archived from the original (https://smallbusiness.chron.c
om/difference-between-dynamic-static-pages-69951.html) on 20 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March
2019. "Static by definition means something that does not change. The first pages on the World
Wide Web were largely static and unchanged, delivering the same information about a particular
topic to anyone who visited. In some cases, sites may evolve slightly over time but are still largely
static, meaning that they only change when manually changed by their creators, not on a regular
and automated basis."
7. "Definition of: dynamic Web page" (https://web.archive.org/web/20170117040526/https://www.pcm
ag.com/encyclopedia/term/42199/dynamic-web-page). PC Magazine. Archived from the original (h
ttps://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/42199/dynamic-web-page) on 17 January 2017.
Retrieved 20 March 2019. "A Web page that provides custom content for the user based on the
results of a search or some other request."

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