Blue@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 days agoThe world wide web has existed longer than the time between the inventions of the radio and televisionmessage-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10
arrow-up113arrow-down1message-squareThe world wide web has existed longer than the time between the inventions of the radio and televisionBlue@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 days agoA better way to phrase it is: The birth of the internet (1969) is closer to the birth of television (1927) than it is to today.
minus-squareratel@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 days agoThe birth of the internet and the birth of the world wide web are two differnet things though: The world wide web started in 1989.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoWhy do I have August 6, 1991 on my mind for “the world wide web switches on”?
minus-squarebobs_monkey@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoThat was the day he opened it up to the world. 1989 was when he got it working at CERN, and it was released into the public domain in 1993. https://webfoundation.org/about/vision/history-of-the-web/
A better way to phrase it is: The birth of the internet (1969) is closer to the birth of television (1927) than it is to today.
The birth of the internet and the birth of the world wide web are two differnet things though: The world wide web started in 1989.
Why do I have August 6, 1991 on my mind for “the world wide web switches on”?
That was the day he opened it up to the world. 1989 was when he got it working at CERN, and it was released into the public domain in 1993.
https://webfoundation.org/about/vision/history-of-the-web/