World Wide Web Day

  On Today 

World Wide Web Day

Date 

1 August 2021

History 

In order to understand the history of World Wide Web Day, it is vital to understand the history of the World Wide Web. A lot of people think that the World Wide Web and the Internet are the same things, and so they use the terms interchangeably. However, this is not actually the case. The history of the Internet goes back a lot further than that of the World Wide Web. The World Wide Web is actually a worldwide information medium whereby people can access it using their computers when they are connected to the Internet.

Meaning 

There is no denying the importance of the World Wide Web. In fact, most people rely on the World Wide Web in order to find out information and carry out tasks online every day. It is integral to a lot of jobs as well. Therefore, it is only right that we have a day to honour the World Wide Web, and that is what World Wide Web Day is all about.

Here are some other facts that you may not know about the World Wide Web…

● The first computer used by Sir Tim Berners-Lee as a web server was  a NeXT computer.

● This computer was also used to write the first web browser, WorldWideWeb. 

● It was announced that the World Wide Web would be free to anyone in 1993.

● The launch of the Mosaic web browser in 1993 was a major turning point for the World Wide Web. It is credited with popularising the World Wide Web.

● While the first popular search engine is known as Yahoo! Search, it is believed that Archie was the first of its kind. This was the first tool for FTP archive indexing, enabling people to locate specific files. 

Activities  

= learn more about the Web

= Start a FTP Server

= Get to know more about cookies

Social Tags 

#worldwidewebday

#unitedbyinternet

#internet

#WWW

Final Conclusion 

“You have to have a big vision and take very small steps to get there. You have to be humble as you execute but visionary and gigantic in terms of your aspiration. In the Internet industry, it's not about grand innovation, it's about a lot of little innovations: every day, every week, every month, making something a little bit better.”