World Wide Web Day – August 1

The World Wide Web is a groundbreaking technology that paved the way for countless inventions shaping today’s world. However, it took some years before the World Wide Web captured the attention of the general public. The original idea for the WWW was created by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 and further developed alongside Robert Cailliau, a Belgian computer scientist and engineer. Together, they crafted the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and prepared it for its early release in 1992. Initially, like many major innovations, the WWW was designed not for public use but for physicists to easily share data.

Once the World Wide Web became available to everyone, it quickly gained popularity. What started as a luxury soon became an essential part of daily life. The web’s rise in popularity took a huge leap when the first website was launched, and photos began to appear online. Berners-Lee himself uploaded the very first image in 1992. From that point onward, the World Wide Web’s growth was unstoppable, becoming the fastest-growing communication platform by the mid-1990s with millions of active users. But that was just the start — by the 21st century, web access expanded beyond computers to advanced smartphones, which functioned almost like mini-computers. Today, the World Wide Web is accessible on gaming consoles, smartphones, laptops, smartwatches, and more, making it a truly universal tool.