How a messy desk birthed the web

Chapter 1

The information nightmare

Chapter 2

The November milestone

Chapter 3

Building the digital trifecta

Chapter 4

The web goes global

Ch 1 · The information nightmare
sonia

sonia The digital chaos of separate computers at CERN.

1h ago

sonia
The chaos of separate computers

sonia In the late 1980s, thousands of CERN physicists in Switzerland had to learn different programs just to read scattered files.

1h ago

sonia
Quiz

What major European research organization was the birthplace of the World Wide Web?

1h ago

sonia
Quiz

In which country is the CERN research facility headquartered?

1h ago

sonia
The greatest barrier to progress is not a lack of ideas, but their isolation.

1h ago

sonia
The seed of an idea

sonia A simple personal tool in 1980 grew into the global World Wide Web.

1h ago

sonia
Quiz

What was the name of the personal database program Tim Berners-Lee wrote in 1980?

1h ago

sonia
Quiz

The database program ENQUIRE was named after a Victorian-era book about what topic?

1h ago

sonia
Fun Fact

First web photo: In 1992, Tim Berners-Lee uploaded a photo of a CERN-based amateur comedy band named Les Horribles Cernettes.

1h ago

sonia
Vague But Exciting
BETA

sonia Link the original proposal ideas to discover how the World Wide Web was born.

1h ago

sonia
Quiz

In what year did Tim Berners-Lee write his first proposal, titled 'Information Management: A Proposal'?

1h ago

sonia
Quiz

What technology did Tim Berners-Lee propose using to link documents across different computers?

1h ago

sonia
Glossary
hypertext (noun)
A software system linking topics on a screen to related information, typically accessed by clicking. Tim Berners-Lee proposed this technology in 1989 to solve the chaotic information management problems at CERN.

1h ago

sonia

sonia Vague But Exciting Proposal

He wrote 'vague but exciting' on the page— (vague but exciting, yeah!) And the World Wide Web took over the stage!

1h ago

sonia
Quiz

What did the famous scribble 'Vague but exciting' allow Tim Berners-Lee to do?

1h ago

sonia
Quiz

Who was the supervisor at CERN who wrote 'Vague but exciting' on Tim Berners-Lee's proposal?

1h ago

sonia
Gossip

Which name sounds the coolest for a global network?

1h ago