# website (digital)

a set of pages that are online through the internet

- Computed level: L17 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: digital  ·  Arena: website

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [sets](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-sets.grouped), [page](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-page.sheet), [internet](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-internet.digital), [online](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-online.digital)

**Through:** the grouped collection arranges pages to be reachable on the internet

**Novel properties:**
- centralized access to distributed content
- hierarchical navigation structure
- persistent public address

## Examples
- The Internet Archive preserves over 866 billion web pages since 1996, accessible at archive.org. *(computing)*
- Wikipedia’s English site operates with more than 6.7 million articles, hosted online since 2001. *(institutions)*
- Amazon.com functions as a live e-commerce site serving millions of customers daily since 1995. *(economics)*

## Used by
- [cnet](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-cnet.media) (L18)

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