web edition; online edition
Refers to a version of a publication, service, or content that is available on the web, as opposed to a print or offline version.
The web edition of this newspaper can be read for free.
The layout differs between the web edition and the print edition.
Standard modern spelling using the katakana loanword ウェブ and the kanji 版.
Full-width variant sometimes seen in older or stylized contexts; the reading is the same.
Compound of ウェブ (web) + 版 (edition/version). ウェブ is a loanword from English 'web', and 版 is a Sino-Japanese suffix meaning 'edition' or 'version'.