A website

A website is a collection of related web pages, including multimedia content, usually identified with a common domain name and published on at least one web server. A website can be accessed via an IP (Internet Protocol), such as the Internet or a private local area network (LAN) by referring to a uniform URL that identifies the site.

Web sites have many functions and can be used in different ways; A website can be a personal website, a commercial web site for a company, a government website or a website nonprofit. Websites can be the work of an individual, a company or other organization, and are usually dedicated to a subject or for a particular purpose, from entertainment and social networking information and education. All publicly accessible websites collectively constitute the World Wide Web, while private web sites, such as the website of a company for its employees, usually part of an intranet.

Web pages, which are the building blocks of web sites, documents are typically composed of plain text interspersed with formatting instructions of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML, XHTML). They can incorporate elements from other websites with suitable markup anchors. Web pages are accessed and transported with HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol), which can optionally use encryption (Secure HTTP, HTTPS) to provide security and privacy of users. The application of users, often a web browser, makes the content of the page according to HTML markup instructions in the display terminal.

The hyperlink between web pages transmitted to the site structure and navigation guide the reader of the site, which often starts with a home page that contains a site in the directory of Web content. Some websites require registration or subscription to access users to content. Examples of subscription websites include many business sites, parts of academic web news web sites, sites magazines, websites, games, websites, file sharing, message boards, e-mail Web, social networking sites, sites web that provide market data in real time. Sites that offer various other services. Since 2016, end users can access Web sites on a range of devices, including desktop and laptop computers, tablets, smartphones and smart TVs.