HISTORY OF HTML

History of HTML

1.HTML was invented by - Tim Berners-Lee.
(He was working at CERN (Switzerland))
(1989 → Idea)
(Year: 1991 - HTML was 1991 → Public release)

CERN(European Organization for Nuclear Research)

CERN short form is based on only french not based on English

It is an international government research organization

Funded by multiple European countries (governments)

Works for scientific research (not profit)

23 Member Countries (main contributors)

Many countries (including India 🇮🇳) are:Associate Members

Associate Members
They also participate, but not full members

Why CERN is important

While working there,
Tim Berners-Lee created:

1. HTML
2. HTTP-HyperText Transfer Protocol
3. World Wide Web- World Wide Web (WWW) is a system of websites and web pages connected through the internet In simple terms Collection of websites connected using links (URLs)

#How it works
You open a browser (Chrome, etc.)
You type a URL (like google.com)
The browser uses internet
It shows a web page

That system = World Wide Web