World Wide Web
InventorTim Berners-Lee
Year1989
CategoryCommunication
OriginSwitzerland
About World Wide Web
Invented at CERN to help scientists share research. The first website went live on August 6, 1991. Berners-Lee chose not to patent it, making it free for everyone. He now leads the Web Foundation fighting for digital rights.
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