Communications · Recorded milestone
World Wide Web
Recorded year1991
Tim Berners-Lee's hypertext system at CERN makes the internet usable by everyone.
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- Hard disk driveRecorded · 1956requires
- TCP/IPRecorded · 1974enables
- Personal computerRecorded · 1975enables
- HTML web pagesRecorded · 1991requires
Led to
- Graphical web browserRecorded · 1993enables
- Browser cookiesRecorded · 1994requires
- Electronic airline ticketRecorded · 1994enables
- Online parcel trackingRecorded · 1994enables
- SmartphoneRecorded · 1994enables
- Web banner adRecorded · 1994enables
- Home broadbandRecorded · 1995enables
- HTTPS encryptionRecorded · 1995enables
- Online dating siteRecorded · 1995enables
- Online retailRecorded · 1995enables
- Wiki pages anyone can editRecorded · 1995enables
- DNA fingerprinting of outbreaksRecorded · 1996enables
- Instant messagingRecorded · 1996enables
- Massively multiplayer online gameRecorded · 1996enables
- Online maps with directionsRecorded · 1996enables
- Online travel bookingRecorded · 1996enables
- PNG imagesRecorded · 1996enables
- First social network siteRecorded · 1997enables
- E-readerRecorded · 1998enables
- Link-based web searchRecorded · 1998enables
- Pay-per-click search adsRecorded · 1998enables
- Recommendation enginesRecorded · 1998enables
- Blogging platformsRecorded · 1999enables
- Free-to-play with in-game purchasesRecorded · 1999enables
- Peer-to-peer music sharingRecorded · 1999enables
- Wi-Fi laptopRecorded · 1999requires
- First AI alignment instituteRecorded · 2000enables
- Traveller reviews onlineRecorded · 2000enables
- JSON data formatRecorded · 2001enables
- Digital ID and e-governmentRecorded · 2002enables
- Open coursewareRecorded · 2002enables
- Digital game store (Steam)Recorded · 2003enables
- Social networksRecorded · 2004enables
- Vote-ranked link forumsRecorded · 2004enables
- Git and GitHubRecorded · 2005requires
- Online gig workRecorded · 2005enables
- Online video sharingRecorded · 2005enables
- Cloud computingRecorded · 2006enables
- Live shared documentsRecorded · 2006requires
- Microblogging and hashtagsRecorded · 2006enables
- Online statistical translationRecorded · 2006enables
- Mail-in genome testRecorded · 2007requires
- Personal live streamingRecorded · 2007enables
- Video streamingRecorded · 2007enables
- Free satellite archiveRecorded · 2008enables
- Crowdfunding for creative projectsRecorded · 2009enables
- ImageNet datasetRecorded · 2009enables
- Open government dataRecorded · 2009enables
- Sandbox building gameRecorded · 2009enables
- Laws written as codeRecorded · 2011enables
- Online task boardsRecorded · 2011requires
- Deep learning breakthroughRecorded · 2012requires
- Cloud video meetingsRecorded · 2013requires
- Team chat appsRecorded · 2013requires
- Scientific replication-market study publishedRecorded · 2015enables
- Genetic genealogy solves cold casesRecorded · 2018requires
- mRNA vaccinesRecorded · 2020requires
- Near-human speech recognitionRecorded · 2022requires
- Digital product passportsRecorded · 2024requires
- Whole fly-brain connectomeRecorded · 2024requires
- AI music goes mainstreamRecorded · 2025requires
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.