World Wide Web

The first personal computers appeared in 1981. Computer networks were created in order to exchange information between them, first by the American Military Forces, then by scientiests in the whole World. In 1990 formed the world computer network that is known as Internet, and one of its services is called World Wide Web.

The World Wide Web was invented by Timothy Berners-Lee while he was working at CERN. He coined the name "World Wide Web," wrote the first World Wide Web server, "httpd," and the first client program (a browser and editor), "WorldWideWeb," in October 1990. He wrote the first version of the document formatting language with the capability for hypertext links, known as HTML (HyperText Markup Language). His initial specifications for URIs, HTTP, and HTML were refined and discussed in larger circles as Web technology spread.

In 1993 CERN announced that the World Wide Web would be free to anyone, with no fees due. The introduction of browsers alowed easy mixing of graphics with text, which became crucial for the spread of the popularity of the Web.

On the July 16 2004 he was dubbed a Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire (KBE) by the Queen Elizabeth II in recognition for his "services to the global development of the Internet" through his invention of the World Wide Web, a system to organize, link, and browse Internet pages.