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Happy 15th Birthday, World Wide Web! World Wide Web History

By , About.com GuideAugust 7, 2006

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Today, August 6th, is the 15th birthday of the World Wide Web - and that's because today Sir Tim Berners-Lee took the time to officially let other people know about his "little" project that "aims to allow links to be made to any destination anywhere". And how far we've come in such a short time: literally millions of websites, people connecting in all sorts of ways all over the world, all kinds of information available, even fascinating stuff like volcanic resources. Amazing!

Read more about the fascinating history of the World Wide Web - and see how far we've come - in my article titled World Wide Web History, a chronological history of the Web.

But before you do, please take a moment to let me know how the Web has changed your life in the poll below:
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June 24, 2011 at 10:28 am
(1) k :

i use the internet for keeping in touch with family all over the world( my lil bro is in the army) for research for school, to keep the lil ones entertained, to catch up on the news, for playing gmes and to find thing to do outside of the home and the weather.

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