Tim Berners-Lee
The World Wide Web
Proposed and implemented the core technologies of the Web at CERN, creating a universal linking and publishing layer for networked software.
Proposed and implemented the core technologies of the Web at CERN, creating a universal linking and publishing layer for networked software.
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