Etymology: Los Angeles, California. A combination of the words for "Web" Internet and "Episode" meaning a single segment of a television series. One "Season" of a television series usually comprises 12-14 episodes of approximately 22 mins in length. However, most Webisodes are generally 2-3 mins in length and no specific number of episodes.
First known use 1999, attributed
to Stan Lee Media to promote the groundbreaking 7th
Portal online superhero series created by Jesse
Stagg and Steven
Salim.
1 : the popularity of the first webisode in the
7th Portal series crashed the servers at
Macromedia.