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jan 1, 1989 - Internet and Worldwide Web

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Vint Cerf and Bob Khan are known as the fathers of the internet. After their success, Tim Berners-Lee invented the Worldwide Web. His colleague, Robert Cailliau , sent the first HTTP communication between a server and a client.

1) Cerf and Khan designed the TCP/IP protocols, and how the Internet would be laid out.

2) Cailliau showed the world a new era of communication by sending the first HTTP communication.

3) As well, Cailliau demonstrated the practical nature of theories in Computer Science.

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jan 1, 1989
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~ 36 years ago