10 Fascinating Facts About the Internet and the Guy Who Invented It

3. First Website Ever Created Still Exists to Date

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The first website, with the URL info.cern.ch, is still online and Berners-Lee’s NeXT computer was its server. The website itself is quite simple; it explains how to access other people’s files and how to set up a server. The machine used to host the website is still at CERN. In 2013 CERN restored the first website to its original as a project to restore the first website.

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