First off, there is a distinction to be made between the internet and the World Wide Web. The internet has been around since the 1960s, though the average person wasn’t aware of its existence. Those utilizing its power back then were a few select professionals working in government and research.
When the World Wide Web came along in 1989, it was the perfect time. It came about after the expansion of all the multitudes of interconnected networks and other infrastructure necessary to lay the foundation.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee is responsible for inventing the World Wide Web. He was a British computer scientist. His creation of HTML, HTTP, and URLS opened up the internet to be accessed by everyone. (Yet even today, not everyone is able to access the internet ). Not Everyone has Access to the Internet
As it was once imagined by Bill Gates, that there would be a personal computer on every desk in every home, so too the complex interplay of networks on the internet, out of bounds to all but the experts , became a part of life for everyone; thanks to the brilliant invention of the map like interface of the World Wide Web. As with every new invention, over time we have come to take it all for granted.
