Web History by Irving Ortega

Begin of the Web

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1960s: ARPANET

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(Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) is created by the U.S. Department of Defense as the first operational packet-switching network, laying the groundwork for the internet.

1980: Tim Berners-Lee

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working at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), proposes a system to manage information. His proposal would later evolve into the World Wide Web.

Birth of the World Wide Web

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Description

1990

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Berners-Lee developed the first web browser and web server. He also created HTML (HyperText Markup Language), HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol), and URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) as core components of the web.

1993

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The release of Mosaic, the first widely popular web browser, developed by Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), marked the beginning of the web’s rapid growth. Mosaic made it easy to navigate the web through a graphical user interface (GUI), supporting text and images.

1998

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Google was founded, and its search engine quickly became a cornerstone of web navigation due to its superior ranking algorithm.

Web 2.0 Era (2000s)

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Web 2.0 refers to the shift from static websites to more dynamic, user-generated content and social interaction.

Social Media.
User-generated content.
Ajax and Rich Internet Applications.