Invention of WWW and E-commerce

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W.W.W

As a computer science fellow at the European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN) in 1989, Tim Berners-Lee created the initial framework for a system that would enable straightforward information sharing between various research institutions like MIT, CERN, Stanford, and others by connecting their individual systems together. The initial purpose of the Web was to satisfy the need for automated data exchange between researchers at universities and research facilities throughout the globe (Brahambhatt, 2021).

In writing and formalizing an exposition of the key ideas and key vocabulary underlying the Web, Berners-Lee collaborated with Belgian systems engineer Robert Cailliau. A "web" of "hypertext documents" may be browsed by "browsers" in the "Worldwide Web" "hypertext project," according to the paper (Brahambhatt, 2019).

E-Commerce 

At the turn of the 20th century, the telephone was developed, and from that sprang the history of e-commerce. If we define ecommerce as the networking of business communities and the digitization of business information, EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) is sometimes seen as the birth of ecommerce. Since the 1960s, big businesses have been spending money on EDI development. Up until the 1980s, it was not really accepted. The definition of internet commerce has evolved during the past 30 years (Ruhaniika, 2019).

Michael Aldrich developed online shopping in the UK in 1979, and it has become a significant part of computer commerce. In 1981, Thomson Holidays established the first known business to business transaction in history. Gateshead SIS/Tesco in 1984 is credited as being the first business-to-consumer transaction (Ruhaniika, 2019).

Reference:

Brahambhatt, R. (2021) Origin of the internet: Who invented the world wide web?, Interesting Engineering. Interesting Engineering. Available at: https://interestingengineering.com/culture/origin-of-the-internet-who-invented-the-world-wide-web (Accessed: January 19, 2023).

Ruhaniika, S. (2019) E-commerce: Introduction, meaning, history, features, impact, advantages, Economics Discussion. Available at: https://www.economicsdiscussion.net/business/e-commerce/31868 (Accessed: January 19, 2023).

Free photo: Business people using internet (2019) Freepik. Available at: https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/business-people-using-internet_4246721.htm#&position=15&from_view=undefined (Accessed: February 2, 2023).