WWW is short for the World Wide Web — the system of linked pages you look at in a browser. You say the letters one by one, 'double-you double-you double-you', which is famously slower to say than the thing it stands for, and that is part of why people gave up on saying it.

WWW全球資訊網 is short for the World Wide Web是 World Wide Web 的縮寫 — the system of linked pages you look at in a browser也就是你在瀏覽器裡看的那個由連結頁面組成的系統。You say the letters one by one你會一個字母一個字母唸出來, 'double-you double-you double-you'像「double-you double-you double-you」, which is famously slower to say than the thing it stands for而這句話唸起來出了名地比它所代表的東西還慢, and that is part of why people gave up on saying it這也是為什麼人們漸漸不唸它的部分原因。

Its real home is the front of a web address, as in www.google.com, where it is a leftover from the days when a company's computers each had a name and the one serving web pages was called 'www'. Today most sites work perfectly well without it, and many hide it, so young people often have never typed it.

Its real home is the front of a web address它真正常出現的地方是網址的開頭, as in www.google.com像 www.google.com 這樣, where it is a leftover from the days when a company's computers each had a name那是從公司裡每台電腦都有自己名字的年代留下來的痕跡 and the one serving web pages was called 'www'負責提供網頁的那台就叫做 'www'。Today如今 most sites work perfectly well without it大多數網站沒有它也完全能運作, and many hide it很多網站甚至把它隱藏起來, so young people often have never typed it所以年輕人常常從來沒打過它。

Notice also that WWW is not the same thing as the internet, though people mix them up. The internet is the network of connected machines underneath; the web is one thing running on top of it, and email, video calls and games run on the internet too without being 'the web'.

Notice also that請注意 WWW is not the same thing as the internet WWW 跟網際網路不是同一回事, though people mix them up雖然人們常常把兩者搞混。The internet is the network of connected machines underneath網際網路是底層那個連接各種機器的網路; the web is one thing running on top of it而網是運行在它上面的其中一樣東西, and email, video calls and games run on the internet too without being 'the web'電子郵件、視訊通話和遊戲也都跑在網際網路上，但它們並不是「網」。

In everyday talk almost nobody says 'the World Wide Web' any more — they say 'the web' or just 'online'. The full phrase now sounds slightly old-fashioned, the way it might in a textbook from twenty years ago.

In everyday talk在日常說法裡 almost nobody says 'the World Wide Web' any more現在幾乎沒有人再說 'the World Wide Web' 了 — they say 'the web' or just 'online'他們會說「網」，或乾脆說「上網」。The full phrase now sounds slightly old-fashioned這個完整說法現在聽起來有點過時, the way it might in a textbook from twenty years ago就像出現在二十年前的教科書裡一樣。