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[[File:Platypus article on Vector 2022.png|thumb|'''Each article on the [[Wikipedia]] website is a distinct web page. The [[URL]] is visible in the browser's [[address bar]] at the top.''']]

A '''web page''' (or '''webpage''') is a document on [[World Wide Web|the Web]] that is accessed in a [[web browser]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Web page – definition of web page by The Free Dictionary |url=https://www.thefreedictionary.com/web+page |access-date=23 April 2021 |archive-date=23 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423170632/https://www.thefreedictionary.com/web+page |url-status=live }}</ref> A [[website]] typically consists of many web pages [[hyperlink|linked]] together under a common [[___domain name]]. The term "web page" is therefore a [[metaphor]] of paper pages bound together into a book.