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also called site
A set of connected pages published at a domain and served to browsers.
Your own property on the internet.
What It Is
Website is a Website item, filed under Foundations. The canonical meaning is a set of connected pages published at a domain and served to browsers.
It is an idea you reason with rather than a deliverable you hand over, so two teams can both hold it correctly and still apply it differently. That definition is deliberately narrow — the narrowness is what makes it usable.
How It's Used
Website earns its keep in site builds, page structure and the technical decisions underneath them. In real work it sits close to Domain, Hosting and Web Design. The practical test is whether a decision changes because of it.
Why It Matters
The cost of being vague about Website shows up later, not today. When it is unclear, the site still launches — it just quietly underperforms. Deciding it deliberately costs one conversation. Leaving it undecided costs several.
It is an idea that changes what you decide, not an item you tick off. Your own property on the internet.
Termshift™
How the meaning shifts depending on who is using it, and where.
Inside the industry, Website is used tightly and assumed to be understood: a set of connected pages published at a domain and served to browsers.
Away from the jargon, it is your own property on the internet.
The Bottom Line
Website pays off when it is specific and costs you when it is not. Your own property on the internet.