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To: Biggirl

America invented the internet, but the British gentleman is the inventor of the WWW.

The two are different.

Another Englishman invented the modern computer as well (Charles Babbage).


345 posted on 07/28/2012 4:14:35 AM PDT by the scotsman (i)
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To: the scotsman

WADR, depends on your definition of “modern”.

If electric is modern, then it’s ENIAC. ;-)


353 posted on 07/28/2012 7:19:39 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: the scotsman

And yes, I found out that it is correct, it was Tim Bernners-Lee who invented the WWW.


354 posted on 07/28/2012 8:44:01 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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