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'''WEB''' is a [[computer programming]] system created by [[Donald Knuth]] as the first implementation of what he called "[[literate programming]]": the idea that one could create [[software]] as works of literature, by embedding bits of code inside descriptive text, rather than the reverse as is common practice in most programming languages.

The WEB system consistedconsists of two primary programs: ''tangle'', which producedproduces compilable [[Pascal programming language|Pascal]] code from the source texts, and ''weave'', which producedproduces nicely-formatted, printable documentationsource code using [[TeX]].

A newer version of WEB is [[CWEB]].