1989
Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau propose a networked Hypertext project for High-Energy Physics collaborations
1990
The system is available on the NeXTStep operating system Further proposal for a Hypertext project for CERN The name World-Wide Web is decided
1991
The universally portable LMB (Line-Mode Browser) is distributed Work starts on a Macintosh version We demonstrate at the San Antonio Hypertext Conference An X-Window browser is urgent.
1992
people at SLAC, FNAL, NIKHEF, DESY join with servers
1993
NCSA releases X-Mosaic, colour images arrive! We lose authoring Work starts on a PC version NCSA releases Mac and PC versions of Mosaic WWW becomes the Internet demo HEP uses WWW intensively
1994
CommerceNet started First International Conference Overtake Gopher traffic European Commission project NetScape "buys up" all manpower Total shock wave Driving the Internet expansion Second International Conference Tim leaves for MIT
1995
European development is transferred from CERN to INRIA WWW/Internet fuse in the minds of non-specialists WWW at the basis of the special G7 conference in Brussels CERN WWW Days Third International Conference First regional conference Fourth International Conference
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