Home page
The document displayed when you first open your Web browser. Home Page can also refer to the first document you come to at a Web site.
The main page of hypertext-based information for n individual or organization on the World Wide Web (WWW).
Several meanings. Originally, the
web page that your
browser is set to use when it starts up. The more common meaning refers to the main web page for a business, organization, person or simply the main page out of a collection of web pages, e.g. “Check out so-and-so’s new Home Page.”
Another sloppier use of the term refers to practically any web page as a “homepage,” e.g. “That web site has 65 homepages and none of them are interesting.”
See Also: Browser , Web
The main page of a Web site. The home page provides visitors with an overview and links to the rest of the site. It often contains or links to a Table of contents for the site.
The starting point, or main page of a web site. This page usually has some sort of table of contents on it and describes the purpose of the site. For example, http://www.sharpened.net/index.html is the home page of Sharpened.net. Also, many people have a "personal home page," which is often the only page of their web site and is usually pretty lame.
