Computer Science / Unit 10 CS 0541 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Web's Founding Move
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The idea
The World Wide Web began as a way to link content stored on different machines — invented by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN in 1989, its transfer protocol running atop the Internet's own.
In practice
One researcher's linking mechanism became the default interface to information.
Where people slip
The Web is a layer on the Internet, not a synonym.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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