Happy 20th birthday, World Wide Web - and here's to another 20!
March 13, is the twentieth anniversary of the World Wide Web. On this date twenty years ago, Sir Tim Berners-Lee submitted his historical Information Management: A Proposal document, basically a blueprint by which the scientific community could easily share and search their information. His far-reaching paper led to the development of HTML, which is the language that initially enabled us all to see documents on the Web, and links to leap from one place to another easily. Twenty years after the creation of the Web, it's amazing how far we've come - and it's even more amazing to think about where we might be in another twenty years. The Web has absolutely revolutionized the way we live our lives: communication, socialization, work...it's truly woven itself into the fabric of our daily life.More about the history of the Web
- How Did The Web Get Started?: In the late 1980’s, a CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) scientist named Tim Berners-Lee came up with the idea of hypertext, information that was “linked� to another set of information. Learn more about his historical proposal.
- The History of the World Wide Web: Tim Berners-Lee formally introduced his world wide web project to the world on the alt.hypertext newsgroup. In the post he said the project "aims to allow links to be made to any information anywhere".
- How the Web Has Changed the World: The Web, officially launched as an offshoot of the Internet in 1989, has not been around that long. However, it has become a huge part of many people’s lives; enabling them to communicate, work, and play in a global context.
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