In 1990, the computing world was forever changed. On December 25, 1990, Sir Tim Burners-Lee completed the first successful communication between an HTTP client and a server via the World Wide Web. HTTP or Hypertext Transfer Protocol is used to transfer information from a client to a server and vice versa. The original HTTP server only supported the command GET, which limited client and server interaction

In the 1980’s Tim Burners-Lee became a member of CERN. CERN is a scientific research organization specializing in physics; however, in the 1980’s and early-90’s they were involved in information science. The World Wide Web developed from project ENQUIRE an early CERN project. ENQUIRE, not intended for public use, resembled the modern day wiki, and could be edited similarly to a blog or CMS (content management system).

Tim Burners-Lee developed the World Wide Web as a way to facilitate the sharing of information among researchers within the CERN organization. In 1993 CERN gave the public free access to the World Wide Web. Over the next few years, it grew to a worldwide phenomenon. Hundreds of thousands of researchers, individuals, and businesses began publishing their ideas to the “public” domain.

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is responsible for creating standards and guidelines for the World Wide Web. They are responsible for the creation and changes of HTML, XML, CSS, and other important aspects to the World Wide Web.