25 years is already a quarter of a century. That sounds incredibly long, but it's not.
And that's exactly how it is with the World Wide Web. A long quarter century or a short one?

Tim Berners-Lee first presented his concept of the World Wide Web on March 12, 1989. Originally, this was intended purely for the exchange of data between researchers.
Thus, a universal transmission standard was created that already included hyperlinks and was, of course, free of charge.

The browser "Mosaic" made the WWW popular for the first time in 1993. After some time, "Netscape" emerged from this. This browser could display HTML frames as well as graphics. According to ZEIT ONLINE, ten million people were already surfing the Net at that time in 1994. "Netscape" was considered the leading browser until Microsoft integrated its Internet Explorer into Windows.

In 1994, the precursor of social networks also saw the light of day: "GeoCities". Here you could already create your own web presence and communicate via chats and bulletin boards. "GeoCities" popularized the animated image format gif. Between 1994 and 1995, eBay and Amazon appeared on the scene, or rather on the screen. On 27.09.1998 the well-known giant "Google" followed.

In 1999, further developments followed, for example "Napster" - a peer-to-peer file-sharing platform. On January 12, 2001, the "Wikipedia" was published, which today even includes more than 300 million articles.

Social networks became really important in 2003 and 2004, when "MySpace" and "Facebook" became part of the WWW. 1.2 billion active users can be found on Facebook. Last but not least, "Youtube" completed the list known to all - and that in 2005.

In short, a lot has happened in 25 years, and with the WWW evolving so rapidly at ever shorter intervals, we look forward to many more and innovative advances.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WWW!

 

Source: TIME ONLINE