What is the history of the Internet?
1990's
- 1990 - The ARPANET is dissolved.
- 1991 - Gopher is developed at the University of
Minnesota. Gopher provides a hierarchical, menu-based method for providing and locating
information on the Internet. This tool makes using the Internet much easier.
- 1993 - The European Laboratory for Particle Physics
in Switzerland (CERN) releases the World Wide Web (WWW), developed by Tim Berners-Lee. The
WWW uses hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) and hypertext links, changing the way
information can be organized, presented and accessed on the Internet.
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