Computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee's idea of a 'distributed hypertext system' eventually led to the creation of the World Wide Web. Initially ignored by his colleagues at CERN, Berners-Lee's idea aimed to make scientists' lives easier by linking their projects through a network of computers. After 18 months, he was granted permission to work on his idea and published the first web page in 1991. The web quickly grew, leading to the need for standards.
When computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee sent a memo detailing his idea of a ' distributed hypertext system ' on March 12, 1989, it was largely ignored by his colleagues at CERN , the European Organization for Nuclear Research. This is not surprising: CERN is a place where scientists build huge colliders, not a think tank for computer geeks. Why should they care about one man's curious idea to create an interlinked web of information? The answer was that he was trying to make their lives easier.
Several thousand scientists worked at CERN at the time, but information about their projects sat in silos. Linking them together through one extended network of computers seems obvious now, but it took 18 months before Berners-Lee was granted permission to dedicate time to his idea. He published the first web page for CERN users in December 1991 and freely distributed his software the following year. Exponential growth soon followed. By 1994, with over 10,000 web servers online, Berners-Lee saw the need for standard
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