Worldwide Web Day honors the profound impact of this groundbreaking invention that connects people worldwide and shapes our digital age. The World Wide Web (WWW), an integral part of modern life, ...

According to the World Wide Web Foundation, CERN never funded the project, although by September 1990, Sendall granted Berners-Lee time to work on it independently.

In fact, while the roots of the Internet can be traced to the 1950s, the development of the World Wide Web began on Aug. 1, 1990, meaning that the WWW turns 15 years old today.