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  1. World Wide Web - Wikipedia

    The World Wide Web (also known as WWW, W3, or simply the Web) [1] is an information system that enables content sharing over the Internet through user-friendly ways meant to appeal to users …

  2. What is the world wide web? - BBC Bitesize

    The world wide web (‘www’ or ‘web’ for short) is a collection of webpages found on this global network of computers. Your web browser uses the internet to access the world wide web.

  3. A short history of the Web - CERN

    Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989, while working at CERN. The Web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automated …

  4. Definition of World Wide Web | PCMag

    (2) (World Wide Web) An Internet-based system that enables an individual or company to publish itself to the world, except in countries that prohibit the free interchange of information.

  5. Here Comes the World-Wide Web of Everything - MSN

    When it was invented in 1991, the World Wide Web connected together an Internet that was overrun with many thousands of individual, fragmented digital documents.

  6. Origin of the Internet: Who Invented the World Wide Web?

    May 31, 2025 · Many people believe the WWW and the internet are the same things, but in reality, that is not true. The term World Wide Web describes the most common means of accessing data online …

  7. History of the Internet - Internet Society

    Oct 24, 1998 · World Wide Web The World Wide Web, known today simply as the Web, emerged as one of the major services to run on top of the Internet.

  8. World Wide Web: Definition, history and facts - Live Science

    Mar 31, 2022 · Before the invention of the World Wide Web (WWW), the earliest internet users were mainly researchers and military personnel. The network was complicated and, although it was …

  9. History of the World Wide Web - Wikipedia

    The World Wide Web ("WWW", "W3" or simply "the Web") is a global information medium that users can access via computers connected to the Internet. The term is often used as a synonym for the …

  10. Who really invented the Internet? - BBC Science Focus Magazine

    Jul 22, 2023 · British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, a key part of the Internet used today. He proposed the idea in March 1989, while working for CERN.