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Tim Berners-Lee: Inventor of the World Wide Web (Ferguson's Career Biographies), Melissa Stewart (Ferguson Publishing Company, 2001), ISBN 0-89434-367-X children's biography; How the Web was Born: The Story of the World Wide Web, Robert Cailliau, James Gillies, R. Cailliau (Oxford University Press, 2000), ISBN 0-19-286207-3
The history of the Internet and the history of hypertext date back significantly further than that of the World Wide Web. Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web while working at CERN in 1989. He proposed a "universal linked information system" using several concepts and technologies, the most fundamental of which was the connections that ...
27 July 2012 (): Recognised for the invention of the World Wide Web in the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. [32] 2013 (): One of five Internet and Web pioneers awarded the inaugural Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. [33] 13 September 2013 (): Honorary Doctor of Science degree, University of St Andrews. [34]
In 1994, Berners-Lee became one of only six members of the World Wide Web Hall of Fame. [223] In 2004, Berners-Lee was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his pioneering work. [ 224 ] In April 2009, he was elected a foreign associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences , based in Washington, D.C. [ 225 ] [ 226 ] In 2012, Berners ...
He designed the historical logo of the WWW, organized the first International World Wide Web Conference at CERN in 1994 [2] and helped transfer Web development from CERN to the global Web consortium in 1995. [3] He is listed as co-author of How the Web Was Born by James Gillies, the first book-length account of the origins of the World Wide Web.
The World Wide Web began to enter everyday use in 1993, helping to grow the number of websites to 623 by the end of the year. [2] In 1994, websites for the general public became available. [ 3 ] By the end of 1994, the total number of websites was 2,278, including several notable websites and many precursors of today's most popular services.
The World Wide Web (WWW or simply the Web) is an information system that enables content sharing over the Internet through user-friendly ways meant to appeal to users beyond IT specialists and hobbyists. [1] It allows documents and other web resources to be accessed over the Internet according to specific rules of the Hypertext Transfer ...
How the Web was Born: The Story of the World Wide Web Robert Cailliau, James Gillies, R. Cailliau (Oxford University Press, 2000) ISBN 0-19-286207-3; The Information Revolution: The Not-for-Dummies Guide to the History, Technology, And Use of the World Wide Web J. R. Okin (Ironbound Press, 2005) ISBN 0-9763857-3-2