Before 25 years ago, at 12 March 1989, this British computer specialist laid the foundations of the international internet.
The codes became known a year later under the name WorldWideWeb, the www we all necessarily use.
"Don't confuse the internet with the web" reminds the specialized site Moket.fr and demonstrates the important differences between the internet, web and Net. He adds that the classic date the birth of the internet is April 7, 1969, when the first ArpeNet appeared, that is, a full 20 years before Tim Berner invented the www.
But without the idea of the British there would be no phenomenon of 2,7 billion internet users visiting the 919 million sites on the web. And the thirst for the Internet is growing: 53% of users in America can no longer live without Internet, while only 34% are interested in their TV, according to research by Pew Research Center. 90% of respondents in the survey think that the internet is a good thing.
Is www in danger of aging quickly? "The Web is only half built. It's not really international yet, "said Mark Weber of the Museum of Computer History in California. So, we have time…
