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WWWW

'''''WWWW''''' is a four-"W" combination that may refer to several topics, including radio stations, technology projects, and other uses.

Radio stations

WWWW-FM

WWWW-FM is a commercial radio station licensed to , operating on the frequency 102.9 MHz in the FM band with a class B signal reaching 50,000 watts. The station's transmitter is located west of downtown at coordinates 42° 14' 46" N, 83° 50' 58" W, providing coverage to the and greater metropolitan area. It is owned and operated by Cumulus Licensing LLC, a subsidiary of Cumulus Media, which has held the license since acquiring the station as part of its Ann Arbor cluster in 2006. The station airs a country music format branded as "W4 Country," featuring local programming such as the "Rally & Welch" morning show and syndicated content tailored to the regional audience. The call letters WWWW were first assigned to this facility in 2000, briefly changed to WFOR in mid-2006, and reinstated later that year; the letters were previously used on 106.7 FM (now WLLZ) in the Detroit radio market from 1966 to 2000, operating first as rock until 1981 and then as country.

WLLZ (FM)

The radio station currently operating as WLLZ (FM) at 106.7 MHz in , , formerly used the call sign from until October 2000. The station first signed on October 16, 1960, as WDTM with a talk and good music format. The call sign changed to WWWW in , and it transitioned to a top 40 format before adopting an format in the late that defined much of its early identity. During the 1970s and into the early 1980s, , branded as "W4" or the "Four Ws," became a prominent fixture in 's rock radio scene, competing with stations like WRIF and WABX by emphasizing album tracks and programming. The station employed notable personalities, including a young in 1980, and promoted itself with slogans like "Where Rocks." This era cemented its reputation as a key player in the Motor City's vibrant landscape, attracting listeners with deep cuts from artists such as and other rock acts. In 1981, WWWW-FM shifted to a format under the continued "W4 Country" branding, which it maintained through the and , becoming one of Detroit's leading outlets. The call letters remained in use until the station adopted an adult contemporary format as "Alice 106.7" in late 1999, officially changing to WLLC-FM on , 2000, while the WWWW calls were relocated to another frequency in Ann Arbor. In March 2019, revived the WLLZ call letters and "Detroit's Wheels" format on the frequency.

Technology

World Wide Web Wanderer

The (WWWW) was an early developed in 1993 by Matthew Gray, then a student at the (MIT), specifically to measure the size and growth of the . As one of the first automated tools to systematically explore the web, it addressed the need for quantitative insights into the rapidly expanding network of hyperlinked documents following the public release of web browsers like NCSA Mosaic. First deployed in June 1993, the began by indexing 130 web sites, traversing the through hyperlinks to count active servers and pages. It operated as a Perl-based that ran monthly, collecting data on metrics such as the number of web sites, the proportion of commercial (.com) domains, and average hosts per server, which revealed the 's exponential expansion from a nascent 130 sites in mid-1993 to over 23,500 by June 1995. This process provided foundational statistics, showing, for example, a shift from 1.5% .com sites initially to 31.3% by 1995, alongside a decline in hosts per server from 13,000 to 270 as adoption broadened. The Wanderer continued tracking web growth beyond its initial reports, operating through 1995 to offer ongoing measurements of the web's and evolution. By following hyperlinks to and enumerate pages without deeper , it emphasized conceptual over detailed indexing, yielding early benchmarks that highlighted the web's transformation from an academic tool to a global resource. Its methodology laid groundwork for subsequent web search technologies by proving the feasibility of automated .

World-Wide Web Worm

The World-Wide Web Worm (WWWW) was an early developed in September 1993 by Oliver McBryan at the at . It operated as one of the first full-text indexing systems for the , enabling users to locate resources through automated discovery rather than manual curation. The system remained active until 1994, during which it indexed over 110,000 web pages by early March of that year. At its core, WWWW employed a web crawler program named wwww to recursively traverse HTML files starting from seed URLs, following hyperlinks to a specified depth while avoiding redundant processing through file marking. This crawler archived key elements such as document titles, hypertext references, and URL components into an index structured with lines denoting titles (T), references (R), inline text (I), and context (C). The indexing approach allowed for full-text searches across these elements, supporting keyword queries and Boolean operators like AND and OR to refine results, such as searching for "mpeg movies in Finland." Users accessed the engine via a simple HTML interface at http://www.cs.colorado.edu/home/mcbryan/WWWW.html, where it handled an average of 1,500 queries per day in its later months, totaling over 61,000 accesses in a 46-day period ending April 22, 1994. Despite its innovations, WWWW had limitations, including an inability to discover unreferenced documents, which McBryan addressed by integrating it with his GENVL tool for user-submitted URLs. The engine predated more advanced systems like and demonstrated early scalable techniques that influenced subsequent search innovations.

Other uses

Web.com

Web.com Group, Inc. was an American technology company specializing in , hosting, and online marketing solutions primarily for small businesses. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in , the company provided tools for website creation, , and digital presence management. The company traded publicly on the under the WWWW starting in 2006, following a corporate name change from Interland, Inc. to , Inc. This symbol remained in use until November 9, 2015, when it was updated to WEB to better reflect the company's branding and operations. The WWWW designation became a notable identifier for the firm during its period of growth through acquisitions and service expansions in the web services sector. In July 2018, Web.com Group announced an agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Siris Capital Group, LLC, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $2 billion, or $25 per share initially, later amended to $28 per share. The acquisition was completed in October 2018, resulting in the delisting of its shares from the and the company's transition to private ownership. This event marked the end of Web.com Group's independent public trading under either WWWW or , with its operations subsequently integrated into Newfold Digital following further mergers.

Women Who Want to be Women

Women Who Want to be Women (WWWW) was founded in 1979 in , , by Babette Francis and a group of dissident women from the Women's Action Alliance, who sought to counter the perceived excesses of by advocating for traditional gender roles and the complementary functions of men and women in family life. The organization emerged amid growing feminist influences on Australian policy during the Whitlam and Fraser governments, positioning itself as a defender of homemakers and family structures against what its members viewed as radical ideological shifts. Under Francis's leadership until her death on July 16, 2024, at age 93, WWWW focused on promoting , opposing as a violation of , and challenging policies that advanced at the expense of traditional roles, including efforts to influence public discourse on women's societal contributions beyond professional spheres. In the , the group actively campaigned against measures and proposed reforms, notably participating in large-scale protests in where thousands rallied to resist changes to the Family Law Act that they argued disadvantaged men and eroded family stability. The organization also opposed the introduction of the Sex Discrimination Act , viewing it as an overreach that ignored biological differences and traditional family priorities, and engaged in lobbying at international forums like the 1980 UN Mid-Decade Conference for Women in to voice these concerns. In , WWWW was renamed Endeavour Forum to encompass broader conservative advocacy, including male participants, while maintaining its core commitments to pro-life positions and family-oriented policies.

Werewolf: The Wild West

Werewolf: The Wild West is a tabletop role-playing game published by White Wolf Publishing in 1997, set in the World of Darkness universe during the 19th-century American West. This game serves as a historical spin-off, adapting the core mechanics of its parent title to explore themes of savagery and supernatural conflict amid frontier expansion. The setting, often called the "Savage West," portrays a gritty historical landscape where players assume the roles of Garou—werewolf shapeshifters—navigating the perils of the American frontier. As a direct extension of : The Apocalypse, the game carries the ISBN 1-56504-340-5 and focuses gameplay on werewolf characters combating supernatural threats, such as rival spirits and corrupted forces, within this era-specific context. It integrates the broader cosmology but tailors it to the Wild West period, emphasizing isolation, lawlessness, and cultural clashes. Players engage in stories of territorial defense and moral dilemmas, with rules modified to reflect historical elements like Native American tribes and settler incursions. The game blends horror, western, and urban fantasy elements, creating a narrative where lycanthropic fury intersects with gunslingers and ghost towns. Rules are adapted for frontier themes, incorporating period-appropriate technology and while maintaining the apocalyptic undertones of environmental decay and . This fusion allows for immersive role-playing that highlights the tension between primal instincts and the encroaching modern world.

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