15/10/2026
IT FUN FACT: the World Wide Web began at a physics laboratory! 🌐
In 1989, British scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web while working at CERN, the European particle physics laboratory near Geneva.
The idea was practical: make it easier for scientists to share information across universities and research institutes around the world. By the end of 1990, the first web browser and server were running at CERN.
The first website explained the Web project itself. On 30 April 1993, CERN made the Web software available in the public domain, helping it grow into something people everywhere could use
Today, websites and web-based tools help businesses communicate, collaborate, serve customers and reach new markets. That’s quite a journey from sharing scientific research!
Did you know? - The Web and the internet are different: the internet connects networks and devices, while the Web lets us access linked pages and resources through browsers.
What was the first website you remember using? T
Explore the story:
https://home.cern/science/computing/the-birth-of-the-web/
Visit the first website:
http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html
Useful references: CERN’s history of the Web and About CERN.
