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== The origin story == | == The origin story == | ||
1989: | |||
World Wide Web invented by [https://home.cern/science/computing/birth-web Tim Berners-Lee at CERN] <ref>https://home.cern/science/computing/birth-web</ref>. | World Wide Web invented by [https://home.cern/science/computing/birth-web Tim Berners-Lee at CERN] <ref>https://home.cern/science/computing/birth-web</ref>. | ||
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The first ever website was published by Tim Berners-Lee. The original website was lost, however [http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html re-created] later in 2013. <ref>https://web30.web.cern.ch/web-history.html</ref> | The first ever website was published by Tim Berners-Lee. The original website was lost, however [http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html re-created] later in 2013. <ref>https://web30.web.cern.ch/web-history.html</ref> | ||
[[File:Screenshot-World-Wide-Web-project-small.png|Screenshot of the recreated page of the first website. Photograph: Rao, Achintya © 2019-2022 CERN]] | [[File:Screenshot-World-Wide-Web-project-small.png|Screenshot of the recreated page of the first website. Photograph: Rao, Achintya © 2019-2022 CERN]]<br/> | ||
<small>Screenshot of the recreated page of the first website. Photograph: Rao, Achintya © 2019-2022 CERN</small> | <small>Screenshot of the recreated page of the first website. Photograph: Rao, Achintya © 2019-2022 CERN</small> | ||
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1992: | 1992: | ||
[https://www.nikhef.nl/en/focusblokken/netherlands-first-website-www-nikhef-nl-celebrates-30th-anniversary/ First Dutch website] went live at the National Institute for Nuclear and High Energy Physics (Nikhef) <ref>https://www.nikhef.nl/en/focusblokken/netherlands-first-website-www-nikhef-nl-celebrates-30th-anniversary/</ref>. | [https://www.nikhef.nl/en/focusblokken/netherlands-first-website-www-nikhef-nl-celebrates-30th-anniversary/ First Dutch website] went live at the National Institute for Nuclear and High Energy Physics (Nikhef) <ref>https://www.nikhef.nl/en/focusblokken/netherlands-first-website-www-nikhef-nl-celebrates-30th-anniversary/</ref>. | ||
1994: | |||
The web's oldest search engine [http://aliweb.com/ ALIWEB] (Archie Like Indexing for the Web) <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALIWEB</ref> | |||
1994: | 1994: | ||
The world oldest webcam [https://fogcam.org/ Fogcam], still online today. | The world oldest webcam [https://fogcam.org/ Fogcam], still online today. | ||
1994: | |||
[http://textfiles.com/underconstruction/ Under constructions banner on Geocities] and [https://www.cameronsworld.net/ Cameron's World] a web-collage of text and images excavated from the buried neighbourhoods of archived GeoCities pages (1994-2009). | |||
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1998: | 1998: | ||
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEH2fk0ONag Hamster dance!] | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEH2fk0ONag Hamster dance!] ❤️ | ||
== 00s a.k.a the noughties == | |||
2002/2003: | |||
[http://www.arngren.net Arngren] - The ultimate shopping experience | |||
== More timelines == | == More timelines == | ||
Latest revision as of 08:59, 30 September 2022
Welcome to this little timeline of the interwebs.
The origin story
1989: World Wide Web invented by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN [2].
90's
1991: The first ever website was published by Tim Berners-Lee. The original website was lost, however re-created later in 2013. [3]
Screenshot of the recreated page of the first website. Photograph: Rao, Achintya © 2019-2022 CERN
1991: Vlib by Tim Berners-Lee
1992: First Dutch website went live at the National Institute for Nuclear and High Energy Physics (Nikhef) [4].
1994: The web's oldest search engine ALIWEB (Archie Like Indexing for the Web) [5]
1994: The world oldest webcam Fogcam, still online today.
1994: Under constructions banner on Geocities and Cameron's World a web-collage of text and images excavated from the buried neighbourhoods of archived GeoCities pages (1994-2009).
1994: Pizzanet
1996: SpaceJam
1998: Hamster dance! ❤️
00s a.k.a the noughties
2002/2003: Arngren - The ultimate shopping experience
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