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What is a website?

A  website [1]  or  Web site  is a collection of related network  web resources , such as  web pages ,  multimedia  content, which are typically identified with a common  domain name , and published on at least one  web server . Notable examples are  wikipedia.org ,  google.com , and  amazon.com . Websites can be accessed via a public  Internet Protocol  (IP) network, such as the  Internet , or a private  local area network  (LAN), by a  uniform resource locator  (URL) that identifies the site. Websites can have many functions and can be used in various fashions; a website can be a  personal website , a corporate website for a company, a government website, an organization website, etc. Websites are typically dedicated to a particular topic or purpose, ranging from entertainment and  social networking  to providing news and education. All publicly accessible websites collectively constitute the  World Wide Web , while private websites, such as a company's website for its emplo