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1948A Mathematical Theory of Communication Shared thread 1990WorldWideWeb Shared thread 1969ARPANET Shared thread 2007iPhone (1st generation) Shared thread 1969Computers connect over ARPANET Shared thread 1995NSFNET Shared thread

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March 12, 1989

Information Management: A Proposal

The first proposal never called the invention the “World Wide Web” — Berners-Lee's working name was “Mesh” — and his manager's entire famous verdict was three handwritten words.

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