Internet & Gaming
When was the World Wide Web invented?
1989 AD
Tim Berners-Lee proposed the World Wide Web at CERN in 1989 AD.
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Context
What happened?
The proposal described a way to connect and navigate documents through hypertext across networked computers. Berners-Lee’s work at CERN led to the first web server and browser, combining URLs, HTTP, and HTML into a practical system.
Significance
Why it matters
The Web made linked information broadly accessible over the internet and became a foundation for publishing, communication, commerce, and culture online. It is distinct from the internet itself, which already existed as the underlying network.
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