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  • As a denizen of the large, nationless, open space formerly known as the WorldWideWeb yes, that's what the www in those URLS stands for, I think I can see what this means: we are all too connected to fight over real estate anymore.

    Francine Hardaway: Facing the Fall of the Nation State Francine Hardaway 2011

  • Fifteen years ago yesterday, Tim Berners-Lee sent a post to Usenet about a project called the WorldWideWeb, the WWW project.

    Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Happy Birthday World Wide Web! 2006

  • Fifteen years ago yesterday, Tim Berners-Lee sent a post to Usenet about a project called the WorldWideWeb, the WWW project.

    Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Happy Birthday World Wide Web! 2006

  • I thought Nexus (previously known as WorldWideWeb) was the first browser.

    OSNews 2009

  • It should probably be pointed out that the world's very first web browser, the browser that Tim Berners-Lee created the WWW on, was called WorldWideWeb, and was graphical.

    OSNews 2009

  • It's the computer that Tim Berners-Lee wrote the CERN HTTPd on which was the first http server, he also wrote a web browser called WorldWideWeb to view his creation.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2009

  • Berners-Lee developed a browser / editor called WorldWideWeb on a Next computer system.

    ZDNet UK Highlights 2009

  • Berners-Lee developed a browser / editor called WorldWideWeb on a Next computer system.

    ZDNet UK Highlights 2009

  • The internet was launched on March 13, 1989, when scientist Tim Berners-Lee launched the proposal to create the "WorldWideWeb" for use in the CERN experiment in Switzerland, the world's largest particle physics laboratory.

    unknown title 2009

  • His Nov. 12, 1990 memo, titled "WorldWideWeb: Proposal for a HyperText Project," led off with this explanation:

    Web celebrates one of its 20th birthdays Rob Pegoraro 2010

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