The term "web" generally refers to the World Wide Web, a system of interlinked hypertext documents and resources accessed via the internet. It enables users to view and navigate websites through web browsers. More specifically, "WhatWeb" is a next-generation web scanner tool designed to identify and analyze websites by detecting the technologies they use, such as content management systems (CMS), blogging platforms, analytics packages, JavaScript libraries, web servers, and embedded devices. WhatWeb uses over 1800 plugins to recognize a wide variety of web technologies and can detect version numbers, email addresses, account IDs, SQL errors, and more. It offers configurable scanning modes balancing speed and stealth, supports multiple logging formats, proxy usage, and custom plugins, making it useful for security assessments and penetration testing
. Additionally, "WhatsApp Web" is a web-based interface that allows users to access WhatsApp messaging on their desktop browsers, enabling simple, reliable, and private messaging with the convenience of a larger screen
. There are also modern web capabilities like Progressive Web Apps (PWA), which use web technologies to build mobile and desktop applications that can work offline and provide app-like experiences purely through the web
. In summary, "web" can refer broadly to the internet's document system, tools like WhatWeb for web technology identification, web applications like WhatsApp Web, and modern web development approaches such as PWAs.
