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The Web@30 event is happening at CERN and you can join it from anywhere in the world
Tim SmithFrançois Flückiger
Twenty years ago, in 1997, CERN set up a reinforced policy and team to support its knowledge- and technology-transfer activities
The award is often referred to as the "Nobel Prize" of computing
With people celebrating “Internaut day” on 23 August to mark the World Wide Web’s creation, CERN explores its history
An opinion article from Sijbrand de Jong, President of CERN Council, on using innovation and knowledge so cutting-edge research can benefit society
Connecting CERN to the internet was a chaotic but essential task, says retired CERN computer scientist Ben Segal
In March 1989 Tim Berners-Lee wrote a proposal to develop a radical new way of linking and sharing information: the World Wide Web
Peggie Rimmer was Tim Berners-Lee’s hierarchical "leader" in CERN’s Data and Documents division when he invented the World Wide Web
Senior physicist Richard Jacobsson remembers the early days of the World Wide Web at CERN