The History of the "World Wide Web" (Ohshit I called it by its true name) - General

It seems like the general consensus among forum-goers is that the "internet" as we know it is the network we use to communicate with non-native computers, servers, and databases, and that the "World Wide Web" is just an "uneducated" term that our parents use. But in reality, the latter is actually more correct. The system of interaction between computers, known as the "internet" predates the one we commonly associate with today. Tim Berners Lee invented the "World-Wide-Web"(and the first webbrowser, webserver, and website) in the CERN Labs, Switzerland, 1990. This creation differed from the old-"internet"-(circa late 1950s with the SAGE program ([url=http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii_sage.htm]Here's an idea of it.[/url]) in that it utilized a relatively new concept in the form of "hypertext" - lines of text allowing for instant-access to other, relative documents. Because this system of linking followed the basic concept of the internet of the day, only in a much more efficient and user-friendly way, it's not surprising that this new "web" quickly caught on among computer-savvy communities everywhere. But, how did Tim utilize hypertext in order to accomplish this system of connection? The answer lies in the source code of every internet page, ever - HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), as well as in the headers of some websites - HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) and URL (Originally Uniform Resource Identifier, now Uniform Resource Locater) In these coding concepts, he not only created a way for computers to efficiently connect, but created the internet as we know it today. Now, I know that the idea of the "internet" is still applicable to the system we use today, what I just want you to realize is the following: This wonderful program we use is much, MUCH more evolved than its "primitive" ancestor, so its name should be different, too. Next time someone calls it the WorldWideWeb, no matter how tacky it sounds, respect their wording - it reflects the extreme advancement in technology that we experience everyday.

I thought it was invented for military purposes. Whatever Here's a fun fact for you. According to Google Trends, Furry porn was first searched for in mid 2005. So the internet was alot safer in 2004 than it is in 2011

[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;28100569]I thought it was invented for military purposes. Whatever Here's a fun fact for you. According to Google Trends, Furry porn was first searched for in mid 2005. So the internet was alot safer in 2004 than it is in 2011[/QUOTE] [url=http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/topics?start=50580&sa=N]alt.fan.furry[/url] (Earliest archived: 1990) [url=http://groups.google.com/group/alt.lifestyle.furry/topics?start=23430&sa=N]alt.lifestyle.furry[/url] (Earliest archived: 1996)

[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;28100569]I thought it was invented for military purposes. Whatever Here's a fun fact for you. According to Google Trends, Furry porn was first searched for in mid 2005. So the internet was alot safer in 2004 than it is in 2011[/QUOTE] but according to google trends, yiff was searched for long before that and, funny enough, russia has the most searches for yiff

People say internet because it's easier than saying World Wide Web all the time.

[QUOTE=shatteredwindow;28100861]People say internet because it's easier than saying World Wide Web all the time.[/QUOTE] But WWW is easier than saying internet. also i think I read somewhere that the first things to be sent through the internet were L and O, but the connection died. The funny thing is that it could have been LOL. It was actually LOGIN.

but who ways 'www' irl though, internet rolls of le tongue

[QUOTE=dude2193;28105853]but who ways 'www' irl though, internet rolls of le tongue[/QUOTE] Somehow that post reminded me of the announcer in Smackdown! and RAW :v: "double you double you double you dot double you double you ee dot com"

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