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 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 withoutnetwork, while only 34% are interested in their TV, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center. 90% of survey respondents think the internet is a good thing.
Is the www in danger of getting old fast? "The Web is only half built. It's not really international yet," says Mark Weber of the Museum of Computer History in California. Well, we have time...