Before Google, Facebook, or even graphic browsers, the entire World Wide Web was hosted on one single computer—and it came with a dire warning! ⚠️
In late 1990, at CERN in Switzerland, British scientist Tim Berners-Lee used a NeXT computer to develop the Web. This machine, the world’s first-ever web server, had a handwritten note taped to it that famously read: "THIS MACHINE IS A SERVER. DO NOT POWER IT DOWN!!"
Imagine the fate of the modern world resting on a single plug! 🤯
The Vision: Berners-Lee first proposed his "vague, but exciting" information management system in March 1989.
The Launch: On December 20, 1990, the first simple website—explaining the Web itself—was published on this very machine.
The Explosion: The Web didn't truly take off until the first public invitation was posted in 1991, followed by the release of the user-friendly Mosaic browser in 1993. By 1996, there were over 100,000 websites, fundamentally changing how humanity shares information.
We owe our digital lives to this one machine and the brilliant mind that made it all possible.
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