The Birth of the World Wide Web

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    Fey Serdone

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    • Berners-Lee developed his ideas further at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) where he worked as an engineer from 1984 onwards.
    • In 1980, Tim Berners-Lee wrote a proposal called 'Information Management' which suggested that computers could share information using hypertext links.
    • The web was originally designed to be used by scientists, but it quickly became popular with students.
    • In 1989, Berners-Lee wrote a proposal called 'WorldWideWeb' which outlined how hypertext could be used to link documents together across different computers
    • Tim Berners-Lee wanted to create a system that would allow people to access documents stored on different computers around the world without having to know their location or how they were organised.
    • He also wanted to make sure that everyone had equal access to this information regardless of whether they owned expensive equipment or not.
    • Tim Berners-Lee published the source code for the world wide web in October 1990
    • Cailliau also coined the term "WorldWideWeb" to describe Berners-Lee's vision
    • Tim Berners-Lee is known as the inventor of the World Wide Web because he invented HTML, HTTP, URL, and the first web server and client software
    • Cailliau named the new system "WorldWideWeb" because it would allow people all over the world to access documents easily
    • HTML is still used today to create websites
    • HTTP stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol - this is how data is transferred between servers and browsers
    • HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language - this is what websites are made up of
    • By 1990, Berners-Lee had written the code for the world wide web including HTML, HTTP and URL
    • To achieve these goals, Berners-Lee created three key components:
    • The first website went live in August 1991
    • URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator - this is what we type into our browser address bar to visit a website
    • Berners-Lee believed that making the web free and open would encourage innovation and collaboration among users
    • The World Wide Web was originally designed to be accessible on any device with an internet connection
    • In 2013, Tim Berners-Lee received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama for his contributions to technology and democracy
    • The first web page was created by Tim Berners-Lee on November 20th, 1989