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semantic web

semantic web is the alternative letter-case form of Semantic Web.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Semantic Web

Semantic Web

  1. (Internet) A proposed evolution of the World Wide Web whose pages have their subject matter formally encoded into them, without the need to rely on keyword phrases within the content.
    • Twine is based on technologies created for the developing semantic Web - foreseen as a smarter Web where machines may someday be able to process the meaning of words and phrases in documents and even routinely answer direct questions.2008 February 1, Anne Eisenberg, “Twine ties things together on Web”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Proper noun (2) capitalized: semantic Web

semantic Web

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Semantic Web.

Forms of semantic web

alternative formsemantic Web
alternative formsemantic web

Questions about semantic web

What does semantic web mean?
Semantic web means a proposed evolution of the World Wide Web whose pages have their subject matter formally encoded into them, without the need to rely on keyword phrases within the content.
What is semantic web the alternative letter-case form of?
Semantic web is the alternative letter-case form of Semantic Web.
What part of speech is semantic web?
Semantic web is a proper noun.

Words near semantic web in the dictionary

  1. semantic shifts
  2. semantic tableau
  3. semantic tableaus
  4. semantic tableaux
  5. semantic versioning
  6. semantic web
  7. semantic-oriented programming
  8. semantic-pragmatic disorder
  9. semantical
  10. semanticality
  11. semantically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: semantic web (page history and authors); Semantic Web (page history and authors); semantic Web (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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