The Web is 15 Years Old
Posted on August 7, 2006 Comments (3)
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.
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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:
- Fifteen years of the web – timeline
- Berners-Lee on the read/write web
- Hobbes’ Internet Timeline v8.1
- Also see recent comment by Tim Berners Lee on Net Neutrality
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