First Website

The world's first website

The first website ever was published in April 1993 by the inventor of the internet Tim Berners-Lee.

The first website

The world's first ever website is still open[1] and can be browsed here. The original website was hosted on 30th April 1993 by Tim Berners-Lee and was dedicated to the World Wide Web project itself.

Screenshot of the first website. Image credit : CERN
Screenshot of the first website. Image credit : CERN

After leaving Apple in 1985, Steve Jobs founded NeXT Inc, and they launched the NeXT Computer which was used to host the world's first website by inventor of the internet Tim Berners-Lee.

References

  1. The world wide web project . The World Wide Web was invented by British scientist Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 while working at CERN.
  2. The first website . Hyperlink to the World's first website.
  3. A Short History of NeXT . by Simson Garfinkel at simson.net.
  4. The first server . Original NeXT computer used by Sir Tim Berners-Lee to design the World Wide Web and host the first web page.