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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]
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 enabled the spread of information over the Internet through an easy-to-use and flexible format. It thus played an important role in popularising use of the Internet. [49] Although the two terms are sometimes conflated in popular use, World Wide Web is not synonymous with Internet. [50]
The First International Conference on the World-Wide Web (also known as WWW1) was the first-ever conference about the World Wide Web, and the first meeting of what became the International World Wide Web Conference. It was held on May 25 to 27, 1994 in Geneva, Switzerland.
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.
National Investment Bank, normally abbreviated to NIB, is a state owned commercial bank in Ghana. It is one of the commercial banks licensed by the Bank of Ghana, the national banking regulator. [4] NIB was form to promote industrialization of all sectors in the country.
The Nib was an American online daily comics publication focused on political cartoons, graphic journalism, essays and memoir about current affairs.Founded by cartoonist Matt Bors in September 2013, The Nib was an independent member-supported publisher [1] that ceased operating in September 2023.
Kevin Hughes was one of the pioneers of the World Wide Web in the United States, while a student at Honolulu Community College (HCC), in Hawaii.. He created one of the first campus web sites, including novel (at the time) ideas such as a virtual tour of a campus museum.