Blue@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agoThe world wide web has existed longer than the time between the inventions of the radio and televisionmessage-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1158arrow-down12
arrow-up1156arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down3·2 months 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-up21·2 months 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-up7·2 months agoWhy do I have August 6, 1991 on my mind for “the world wide web switches on”?
minus-squarebobs_monkey@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months 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/
minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoNow listen here you little shit …
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/
Now listen here you little shit …