The very first message ever sent on the precursor to the Internet was just "LO"βa fittingly humble start for a system that would eventually change the world. Connecting the Islands
Tim Berners-Lee , a British scientist, was frustrated that information was trapped in individual computers. He imagined a "web" of information where anything could be linked to anything else. He invented , HTTP , and the first web browser, creating the World Wide Web . Inventing the Internet
By the early 1970s, more "islands" were joining the network, but they were still using different languages. Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn became the "architects" who fixed this. They developed (Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol), a universal set of rules that allowed different networks to communicate seamlessly. This "network of networks" is what we now officially call the Internet . The Web is Born The very first message ever sent on the
Unlike the Internet itself, which is the "pipes" and "wires," the Web was the "library" that sat on top of it. In 1993, made the technology free for everyone, sparking the explosion of websites, blogs, and social media we use today. He invented , HTTP , and the first