Happy 20th Anniversary, WWW!

Posted on Friday, March 13 2009 @ 19:29 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

CERN is celebrating the 20th birthday of the invention of the World Wide Web (WWW). Today it's 20 years ago since Tim Berners Lee submitted a proposal for a data management system that eventually resulted in the creation of one of the most popular applications of the Internet.

Twenty years ago this month, something happened at CERN that would change the world forever: Tim Berners-Lee handed a document to his supervisor Mike Sendall entitled "Information Management : a Proposal". "Vague, but exciting" is how Mike described it, and he gave Tim the nod to take his proposal forward. The following year, the World Wide Web was born. This week, it's a pleasure and an honour for us to welcome the Web's inventor back to CERN to mark this special anniversary at the place the Web was born.

More info at CERN.

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Thomas De Maesschalck

Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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