the World Wide Web
noun
: the part of the Internet that can be looked at with a special program (called a browser) and that is made up of many documents which are linked together
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In 1993, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) announced that the World Wide Web, which was invented at CERN four years earlier by Tim Berners-Lee, was free for anyone to use, and released its source code to the public domain.
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Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
For the World Wide Web’s 20th anniversary, former Times staff writer Salvador Rodriguez wrote about the site’s history and how it was originally designed for universities to share research.
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James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Honoring Technologies That Reshape Civilization Past laureates include Sir Tim Berners-Lee for the invention of the World Wide Web, part of the foundational layer of today’s global digital economy.
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Cathy Hackl,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2026
For example, the World Wide Web was first established at CERN as a tool to help scientists share data across their institutions.
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Mariangela Lisanti,
Twin Cities,
27 Mar. 2026
At Davos this year, global leaders spoke about AI, not as a software tool, but as an immense industrial buildout on par with the industrial revolution, and the rise of the World Wide Web in the 1990s.
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Travis Edmonds,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
By the late 1990s and early 2000s, when something called the World Wide Web became the craze, the NFL made Super Bowl Week an event and a spectacle.
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Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
3 Feb. 2026
For the sake of context, the NFL’s 70th season—which coincided with Tim Berners-Lee’s invention of the World Wide Web—averaged 19 million viewers per game.
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Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
8 Jan. 2026
The more information — and disinformation — that flies through the World Wide Web, the greater people feel the need to express authenticity.
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L. Carol Ritchie,
NPR,
7 Nov. 2025
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Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
For the World Wide Web’s 20th anniversary, former Times staff writer Salvador Rodriguez wrote about the site’s history and how it was originally designed for universities to share research.
—
James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Honoring Technologies That Reshape Civilization Past laureates include Sir Tim Berners-Lee for the invention of the World Wide Web, part of the foundational layer of today’s global digital economy.
—
Cathy Hackl,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2026
For example, the World Wide Web was first established at CERN as a tool to help scientists share data across their institutions.
—
Mariangela Lisanti,
Twin Cities,
27 Mar. 2026
At Davos this year, global leaders spoke about AI, not as a software tool, but as an immense industrial buildout on par with the industrial revolution, and the rise of the World Wide Web in the 1990s.
—
Travis Edmonds,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
By the late 1990s and early 2000s, when something called the World Wide Web became the craze, the NFL made Super Bowl Week an event and a spectacle.
—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
3 Feb. 2026
For the sake of context, the NFL’s 70th season—which coincided with Tim Berners-Lee’s invention of the World Wide Web—averaged 19 million viewers per game.
—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
8 Jan. 2026
The more information — and disinformation — that flies through the World Wide Web, the greater people feel the need to express authenticity.
—
L. Carol Ritchie,
NPR,
7 Nov. 2025
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“The World Wide Web.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20World%20Wide%20Web. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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