Invention of the World Wide Web
March 12, 1989 – August 6, 1991 · CERN, near Geneva
Tim Berners-Lee proposed a hypertext system for sharing information at CERN, built the first web server and browser, and opened the web to the public in 1991. It made the internet usable by everyone.
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- Followed from
- ARPANET first message October 29, 1969
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Invention of the World Wide Web