home page

World-Wide Web 1. The top-level entry point web page

relating to an individual or institution, or possibly a

subject area. This often has a URL consisting of just a

hostname, e.g. http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/. All other pages

on a web site are usually accessible by following links

from the home page.

2. The web page a user's web browser is configured to load

each time it is started. This will typically default to the

home page (sense 1) of the organisation that produced or

distributed the browser.

(1999-03-21)