20 anniversary of the opening of the World Wide Web to the public: the world's first website was launched again

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The Internet has changed our lives, study, and work. In particular, the booming mobile Internet has brought us closer to the Internet. Yesterday isThe 20th anniversary of the World Wide Web open to the public is a memorable day.

At the 20th Anniversary of the World Wide Web open to the public, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) launched a project on Tuesday to reproduce the world's first website.

The World Wide Web is the product of CERN's "Enquire" program, launched by Tim Berners-Lee, the father of the Internet, in 1989. In 1991, the world's first website was born, website for http://info.cern.ch. On April 9, April 30, 1993, CERN announced the opening of the World Wide Web for all users.

On Tuesday, CERN launched a new project to reproduce the world's first website and save the original hardware that hosts it. So that future generations can learn about the origins of Internet connections.

"At first, we will restore our http://info.cern.ch website," CERN said. Next, we will query the first servers of CERN to see if there are any assets that need our protection and sharing ."

Initially, the http://info.cern.ch was hosted on berneas Lee's $6500 next computer. This computer is made by next, and next is created by Apple's founder Steve Jobs.

Berneas-Lee's first website in the world describes the basic functions of Internet connection, how to access others' documents, and how to build their own servers. The original computer hosting the website is still saved by CERN, but the website cannot be accessed through the original website. On July 6, 1993, a copy of the website was recreated at http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/www/theproject.html.

April 30, 1993, after the World Wide Web is open to the public, websites and servers have sprung up. By the end of 1993, more than 500 servers were known. CERN said there are about 0.63 billion websites.

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