history of the world

By tramey23

  • invented

    Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989, about 20 years after the first connection was established over what is today known as the Internet

  • fundamentals

    By October of 1990, he had specified the three fundamental technologies that remain the foundation of today’s Web
    •HTML: HyperText Markup Language. The publishing format for the Web, including the ability to format documents and link to other documents and resources.
    •URI: Uniform Resource Identifier. A kind of “address” that is unique to each resource on the Web.
    •HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol. Allows for the retrieval of linked resources from across the Web.

  • CERN joined

    By 1991, people outside of CERN joined the new Web community. Very important to the growth of the Web, CERN announced in April 1993 that the World Wide Web technology would be available for anyone to use on a royalty-free basis

  • growth of the web

    the web keeps growing

  • Important

    . Very important to the growth of the Web, CERN announced in April 1993 that the World Wide Web technology would be available for anyone to use on a royalty-free basis.

  • (W3C)

    in 1994, Tim founded the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) as a place for stakeholders to reach consensus around the specification and guidelines to ensure that the Web works for everyone and that it evolves in a responsible manner

  • colleagues

    In 2005, Tim and colleagues started the Web Science Trust (WST).

  • 1 trillion public pages

    With over 1 trillion public pages (in 2008)

  • 1.7 billion people on the Web

    1.7 billion people on the Web (in 2009)

  • Happy 25th Birthday to the Web!

    Happy 25th Birthday to the Web! Mar 11, 2014 • Dillon Mann

  • potential

    In 2007, Tim recognized that the Web’s potential to empower people to bring about positive change remained unrealized by billions around the world.