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Popular Science: On August 6, 1991, Tim Berners-Lee introduced the World Wide Web

By Bill Gourgey

Popular Science: On August 6, 1991, Tim Berners-Lee introduced the World Wide Web
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  • Publisher: Popular Science
  • Editor: Marina Galperina
  • Published: August 6, 2024

From my Archive collection on Pop Sci

The post that went 'round the world—and how Popular Science responded...eventually.

 On August 6, 1991, in a little-known newsgroup–an early-days, primitive version of an internet forum–called alt.hypertext, a soon-to-be-famous computer scientist posted something that would change the technology landscape—and the world—as we knew it...

On August 6, 1991, Tim Berners-Lee introduced the World Wide Web

Many thanks to Marina Galperina, Popular Science Managing Editor.

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Series: Articles & Essays Tagged with: browser, internet, Mosaic, Netscape, open source, Popular Science, Tim Berners-Lee, world wide web, www

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