How the web went world wide
Many users know that Sir Tim Berners-Lee developed the web at the Cern physics laboratory near Geneva.
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One key date is 6 August 1991 - the day on which
links to the fledgling computer code for the www were put on the alt.hypertext discussion group so others could download it and play with it.
So, in 1991, the web protocol was added to the internet which was created by the United States ARPA and DARPA starting in 1968, or so depending on what is counted as the start.
Additional articles exploring the history of the internet and the world wide web:
November 8th, 2006 at 9:22 pm
The Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI) will generate a research agenda for understanding the scientific, technical and social challenges underlying the growth of the web. Of particular interest is the volume of information on the web that documents more and more aspects of human activity and knowledge…