
World Wide Web Definition
Learn the definition of the World Wide Web, its origins at CERN, and how Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau proposed the system in 1990.
The information nightmare
The November milestone
Building the digital trifecta
The web goes global

sonia Berners-Lee built the web's foundation using HTML to write pages, HTTP to transmit them, and URLs to give each page an address.

sonia The black magnesium workstation featured advanced graphics and built-in email systems.
Which computer company, founded by Steve Jobs, created the machine Tim Berners-Lee used to build the first web server?
The first server: The computer used as the first web server was a NeXT Cube, sold by Steve Jobs' company.
What did the hand-written sticker on Tim Berners-Lee's NeXT computer warn people not to do?
A global network of interconnected hypertext documents and other resources accessible via the internet. Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau formally proposed this system at CERN on November 12, 1990.
sonia The First Website
The first website, the first website, / On a black cube with a sticker: do not turn it off!
What was the domain address of the world's very first website, which went live in December 1990?


