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History of The World Wide Web

1) Before the World Wide Web, the internet provided mainly text-based information in a basic format. The World Wide Web introduced graphics, pictures, and sound, making the internet more visually appealing and useful. 2) Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web in the early 1990s at CERN, making information accessible via hyperlinks. The first browser, Mosaic, popularized use of the World Wide Web despite early technical limitations. 3) By the mid-1990s, use of the World Wide Web expanded rapidly with millions of users and the formation of major companies like Netscape and Amazon, signifying the start of the internet era.

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History of The World Wide Web

1) Before the World Wide Web, the internet provided mainly text-based information in a basic format. The World Wide Web introduced graphics, pictures, and sound, making the internet more visually appealing and useful. 2) Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web in the early 1990s at CERN, making information accessible via hyperlinks. The first browser, Mosaic, popularized use of the World Wide Web despite early technical limitations. 3) By the mid-1990s, use of the World Wide Web expanded rapidly with millions of users and the formation of major companies like Netscape and Amazon, signifying the start of the internet era.

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History of the World Wide Web

Written by Ian Peter


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Before the World Wide Web the Internet really only provided screens full of text (and
usually only in one font and font size). So althouh it was pretty ood for exchanin
infor!ation" and indeed for accessin infor!ation such as the #ataloue of the $S
%ibrary of #onress" it was visually very borin.
In an atte!pt to !a&e this !ore aesthetic" co!panies li&e #o!puserve and '(%
bean developin what used to be called )$Is (or raphical user interfaces). )$Is
added a bit of colour and a bit of layout" but were still pretty borin. Indeed IB*
personal co!puters were only beinnin to adopt Windows interfaces + before that
with *SD(S interfaces they were pretty pri!itive. So the Internet !iht have been
useful" but it wasn,t ood loo&in.
Probably the World Wide Web saved the net. -ot only did it chane its appearance" it
!ade it possible for pictures and sound to be displayed and exchaned.
.he web had so!e i!portant predecessors" perhaps the !ost sini/cant of these
bein .ed -elson,s 0anadu pro1ect" which wor&ed on the concept of 2ypertext +
where you could clic& on a word and it would ta&e you so!ewhere else. .ed -elson
envisaed with 0anadu a hue library of all the worlds, infor!ation. In order to clic&
on hyperlin&s" as they were called" Doulas 3nelbart invented the !ouse" which was
to later beco!e a very i!portant part of personal co!puters. So the idea of clic&in
on a word or a picture to ta&e you so!ewhere else was a basic foundation of the
web.
'nother i!portant buildin bloc& was the $4% or $nifor! 4esource %ocator. .his
allowed you a further option to /nd your way around by na!in a site. 3very site on
the worldwide web has a uni5ue $4% (such as www.nethistory.info).
.he other feature was 2ypertext *ar&up %anuae (ht!l)" the lanuae that allowed
paes to display di6erent fonts and sizes" pictures" colours etc. Before 2.*%" there
was no such standard" and the 7)$Is we tal&ed about before only beloned to
di6erent co!puters or di6erent co!puter software. .hey could not be networ&ed.
It was .i! Berners %ee who brouht this all toether and created the World Wide
Web. .he /rst trials of the World Wide Web were at the #34- laboratories (one of
3urope,s larest research laboratories) in Switzerland in Dece!ber 899:. By 8998
browser and web server software was available" and by 899; a few preli!inary sites
existed in places li&e $niversity of Illinois" where *ar& 'ndreesen beca!e involved.
By the end of 899;" there were about ;< sites.
.he /rst browser which beca!e popularly available to ta&e advantae of this was
*osaic" in 899=. *osaic was as slow as a wet wee&" and really didn,t handle
downloadin pictures well at all + so the early world wide web experience with
*osaic" and with do!estic !ode!s that operated at one sixths of current !ode!
speeds at best" were pretty lousy and really didn,t ive !uch indication of the
potential of this !ediu!.
(n 'pril =:" 899= #34-,s directors !ade a state!ent that was a true !ilestone in
Internet history. (n this day" they declared that WWW technoloy would be freely
usable by anyone" with no fees bein payable to #34-. .his decision + !uch in line
with the decisions of the earlier Internet pioneers to !a&e their products freely
available + was a visionary and i!portant one.
.he browser really did bein to chane everythin. By the end of 899> there were a
!illion browser copies in use + rapid rowth indeed??
In the sa!e year *arc 'ndreesen founded -etscape #orporation" and the World Wide
Web #onsortiu!" which ad!inisters develop!ent of Word Wide Web standards" was
for!ed by .i! Berners %ee.
.hen we really started to see rowth. 3very year fro! 899> to ;:::" the Internet saw
!assive rowth" the li&e of which had not been seen with any precedin technoloy.
.he Internet era had beun.
.he /rst search enines bean to appear in the !id 899:s" and it didn,t ta&e lon for
)oole to co!e on the scene" and establish a do!inant !ar&et position.
In the early days" the web was !ainly used for displayin infor!ation. (n line
shoppin" and on line purchase of oods" ca!e a little bit later. .he /rst lare
co!!ercial site was '!azon" a co!pany which in its initial days concentrated solely
on boo& !ar&ets. .he '!azon concept was developed in 899>" a year in which so!e
people clai! the world wide web rew by an astonishin ;=:: percent? '!azon saw
that on line shoppin was the way of the future" and chose the boo& !ar&et as a /eld
where !uch could be achieved.
By 899@ there were AB:"::: co!!ercial sites on the world wide web" and we were
beinnin to see how the Internet would brin about sini/cant chanes to existin
industries. In travel for instance" we were able to co!pare di6erent airlines and
hotels and et the cheapest fares and acco!!odation + so!ethin pretty diCcult for
individuals to do before the world wide web. 2otels bean o6erin last !inute rates
throuh specially constructed websites" thus furtherin the power of the web as a
sales !ediu!.
'nd thins went even further + in so!e /elds of travel" individuals would outline
where they wanted to travel to and fro!" and travel co!panies would then bid for
the business. 'll these develop!ents rapidly chaned the way traditional !ar&ets
wor&ed. In so!e industries" the world would never be the sa!e aain.

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