Korean slang profile
W3C
w3c
International web-standards consortium
An abbreviation for the international consortium that develops open standards to make web technologies interoperable.
- Expanded form
- World Wide Web ConsortiumWorld Wide Web Consortium
- Other spellings
- 월드와이드웹 컨소시엄
- Earliest source found
- 2007
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
W3C 문서에서 웹 접근성 표준을 찾아봤다.
I looked for web-accessibility standards in W3C documents.
02Documented history
- 2007The 2007 material introduced the spelling and usage context of “W3C”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
It shortens World Wide Web Consortium, writing the three consecutive W letters as W3 and adding the C of Consortium. Use earlier than the checked sources and the original creator have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The independent spelling, meaning, expanded form, and date in the sources were directly compared. The survey grouping of 2007 does not establish the year of origin or first popularity.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 모바일 웹 2.0과 모바일OK 표준화 동향 — 전자통신동향분석 22권 6호, 84~95쪽 (한국전자통신연구원)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026
- About us — W3C (W3C)Original source checked Nov 14, 2026