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Tim Berners-Lee, a software consultant and engineer at CERN, created the first web page on the World Wide Web in 1991. His reasons were very practical.
Need for Communication
CERN, a nuclear research organization, is comprised of about 8,000 scientists from 60 different countries. Because of the wide-spread nature of the organization, there was a need for easier communication.
Ingredients
When Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web, the Internet already existed as a computer network. The idea of the World Wide Web was to create navigable web pages through links.
Rationale
Tim Berners-Lee wanted to have a worldwide information network that was usable by what he called a "Universal Document Identifier," what we know of today as a URL. This way, all the scientists of CERN could find and share information easily.
Development
As the experiment progressed, it became more exciting. Berners-Lee created the first web server, browser and website editor. As the World Wide Web project grew, Berners-Lee's dream grew with it.
Today
Tim Berners-Lee continues to refine and define his World Wide Web project according to his original intent for a world-wide information network. It has grown beyond his first idea of a science information resource and has become necessary to business, communication and lifestyles across the globe.
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