World Wide Web

The World Wide Web, invented at CERN in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee, is a system of interlinked hypertext documents that are accessed via the internet. With a web browser, one can view web pages that may contain text, images, videos, and other multimedia and navigate between them via hyperlinks.

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World Wide Web at 35

From Tim Berners-Lee’s first proposal in March 1989 to today, the World Wide Web’s impact on society has been profound

News
Computing
27 March, 2024
Computing
News
27 March, 2024

Landing Page

Computing
Computing

Landing Page

30 years of a free and open Web

30 April 2023 marks 30 years since the release of the World Wide Web software to the public

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Computing
30 April, 2023
Computing
News
30 April, 2023

Craft the Web: re-enact the invention of the Web

A game being developed at CERN will guide participants on a unique journey

News
Knowledge sharing
09 December, 2019
Knowledge sharing
News
09 December, 2019

Web at 30: celebrating a culture of openness

As the Web turns 30, particle physics continues to blaze a trail in open science

News
Computing
15 March, 2019

Web@30: Reliving history and rethinking the future

Thirty years ago, an unimaginably powerful tool was invented by Sir Tim Berners-Lee here, at CERN

News
Computing
12 March, 2019

Fundamental research: at the heart of innovation

We’re celebrating the 30th anniversary of the WWW, first proposed by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989. Much will be said on that subject over the coming days, but it’s also an opportunity to reflect on the role of fundamental research in the process of innovation

Opinion
Knowledge sharing
12 March, 2019
Knowledge sharing
Opinion
12 March, 2019

First Web browser revived during hackathon

As part of CERN’s celebrations of the 30th anniversary of the Web, an international team is at CERN to recreate the WorldWideWeb browser

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Computing
26 February, 2019
Computing
News
26 February, 2019