Archie, the first tool to search the internet is developed by McGill University student Alan Emtage.Tim Berners-Lee develops the first Web browser WorldWideWeb.World’s first website and server go live at CERN, running on Tim Berners-Lee’s NeXT computer, which bears the message “This machine is a server.42% of American adults have used a computer.The NeXT Computer used by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN. AOL launches its Instant Messenger chat service and begins welcoming users with the iconic greeting.The World Wide Web begins as a CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) project called ENQUIRE, initiated by British scientist Tim Berners-Lee. Other names considered for the project include “The Information Mesh” and “The Mine of Information.”.

To suggest an item to add to the timeline, please message us. It is a living document that we will update with your contributions. The timeline below is the beginning of an effort to capture both the major milestones and small moments that have shaped the Web since 1989. Since its founding in 1989, the World Wide Web has touched the lives of billions of people around the world and fundamentally changed how we connect with others, the nature of our work, how we discover and share news and new ideas, how we entertain ourselves and how communities form and function.