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Brief History of the Web

March 1989
First project proposal circulated at CERN.
November 1990
Initial WorldWideWeb prototype developed on the NeXT
March 1991
Line mode browser (www) released to limited audience
December 1991
CERN computer newsletter announces W3 to the HEP world.
September 1992
Plenary session demonstration to the HEP community.
February 1993
NCSA release first alpha version of "Mosaic for X".
March 1994
NCSA employees form "Mosaic Communications Corp" (now Netscape).
May 1994
First International WWW Conference, CERN, Geneva (400 spaces, 800 requests)
July 1994
MIT/CERN agreement to start W3 Organisation is announced
October 1994
Second International WWW Conference, Chicago (1000 spaces, 2000 requests)
December 1994
First W3 Consortium Meeting at M.I.T. in Cambridge (USA).
August 1995
W3C initiates PICS project for parental control on the Internet.
December 1995
Fourth International WWW Conference, Boston (2400 attendees)
January 1996
W3C initiates joint electronic payment initiative with CommerceNet.



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