home page
    n 1: the opening page of a web site [syn: home page,
         homepage]

	

	home page
 n.

    1. One's personal billboard on the World Wide Web. The term ?home page? is
    perhaps a bit misleading because home directories and physical homes in
    RL are private, but home pages are designed to be very public.

    2. By extension, a WWW repository for information and links related to a
    project or organization. Compare home box.

	

	home page

    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://ncsa.uiuc.edu/.  All other pages
   on a website 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)