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Tim Berners-Lee
Tim Berners-Lee (pronunciation: /tɪm ˈbɜːrnərz ˈliː/), also known as Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, is a British computer scientist best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web.
Etymology
The name "Tim Berners-Lee" is a combination of his given name, Timothy, and his family name, Berners-Lee. The hyphenated surname is a British tradition that combines the last names of both parents.
Related Terms
- World Wide Web: An information system where documents and other web resources are identified by Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), interlinked by hypertext links, and can be accessed via the Internet.
- Internet: A global network of computers that works on the basis of standardized communication protocols.
- Hypertext: Text displayed on a computer or other electronic device with references (hyperlinks) to other text that the reader can immediately access.
- Uniform Resource Locators: A reference (an address) to a resource on the Internet.
- Computer scientist: A scientist who has acquired knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Tim Berners-Lee
- Wikipedia's article - Tim Berners-Lee
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