Website web·site or Web site   (wbst)
n.
A set of interconnected webpages, usually including a homepage, generally located on the same server, and prepared and maintained as a collection of information by a person, group, or organization.

A website usually contains many files, organized into folders and subfolders, in much the same way as you have files organized into separate folders on your computer. The "main" page of a website is usually called "index.htm" or "index.html" or "default.html". When you type a web address (or domain name) into your browser (i.e. www.halifaxhost.com), your browser will look into the hosting account that the domain name is pointed to, and look for one of these main file names. If it finds an index.html file in the website, that will be the file (or page) that gets displayed in the browser first, and automatically.

The index.html file will typically have a combination of text and images arranged in such a way that the website designer finds visually appealing. Text would be embedded right in the webpage, whereas images would simply be referred to.... as they would actually be files of their own. The image files may reside in your website (in your hosting account.... either along side your other webpages or files, but typically in an "images" folder or directory), or they may be images located elsewhere on the internet. Some of the text and images on a webpage will also be hyperlinked to other webpages (i.e. you will be able to click them, and be taken to another webpage). It is this combination of all webpages, image files, and other files you may have in your hosting account, that make up the complete "website".

To simplify, "websites" typically contain many "webpages" and "image files".

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