Sir Tim Berners-Lee is credited with inventing the World Wide Web in 1989 whilst working as a software engineer at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland.
In March 1989, Berners-Lee submitted a proposal to his supervisor at CERN titled:
"Information Management: A Proposal."
In the document, he outlined his vision for a system that would allow researchers to easily access and share documents and data stored on different computers. He proposed several key concepts that would form the basis of the World Wide Web:
In 1990, Berners-Lee began implementing his vision by developing the first web browser called "WorldWideWeb" (later renamed Nexus) and the first web server software. These tools allowed users to view and access web pages hosted on remote servers.
On August 6, 1991, Berners-Lee made the World Wide Web publicly accessible by posting the first-ever web page on the internet. This page served as a guide to the World Wide Web project and provided instructions for creating web pages.
As the World Wide Web gained popularity, Berners-Lee collaborated with other developers and organizations to standardize protocols and technologies. In 1994, he founded the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to oversee the development of web standards.
The invention of the World Wide Web revolutionized communication, commerce, and information sharing on a global scale. It democratized access to knowledge and paved the way for the modern internet as we know it today.
(Source: Medium)