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The open web start: Infrastructure beats a single solution

CERN released the web software on 30. April 1993 into the public domain. Openly usable connections enabled a growing ecosystem.

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Systeme & Infrastruktur

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What this finding means.

Grenzen des Nachweises

Today's world of agents and robotics does not automatically repeat this development. Standards and access rights are crucial differences.

Our derivation for a pilot operation

Open interfaces and exportable data make later expansions and changes of provider easier.

This derivation is an editorial recommendation from MSD. It is not a further result of the study cited.

Source and version

CERN · The birth of the Web · Publikations-/Bezugsjahr 1993. Recherchiert am 12.11.2026.

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