A website is a compound word made up of the terms World Wide Web and Site (German location). It usually contains all HTML / PHP websites that are grouped under one domain. The homepage is often understood to be the index.html, which appears when the main domain is called up. Then there are numerous subpages such as: about us or contact, …
Furthermore, a website can be based on HTML, PHP or Java and supported by a CMS such as WordPress. Whenever we talk about a website, it can always be reached on the Internet. The opposite would be locally saved pages or special intranet pages like those owned by many companies.
A special kind is that Niche website which deals with a specific topic or a Online shop who sells special goods. In colloquial language, however, this is also called a website. Basically, both are also a website, only that they pursue more specific contexts.
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