India, Aug. 1 -- Every year on August 1, people around the world celebrate World Wide Web Day, a day that recognizes one of the most influential inventions in modern history. The World Wide Web has transformed the way people communicate, learn, shop, work and access information, making the world more connected than ever before. While the observance is widely celebrated, it is not an official United Nations observance, and there is no officially designated global theme for World Wide Web Day 2026.

What Is the World Wide Web?

The World Wide Web (WWW) is a system of interconnected web pages that users can access through the internet using a web browser. Although many people use the terms "internet" and "World Wide Web" interchangeably, the...