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Weblog:   Should 'www' be retired?
Subject:   www identifies a specific host
Date:   2002-11-05 00:55:47
From:   anonymous2
The www in front of www.someurl.com is the name of a host. It identifies the web server in particular. Some sites may have more than one web server that hides behind the single hostname, but the idea is the same... it is not just an arbitrary label put there to help software identify it as a 'web url'.