World Wide Web

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The web may be the most important metaphor of our time, from our web-of-life ecosystems to the World Wide Web that connects our devices.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

By the mid-1990s, with the introduction of the more user-friendly World Wide Web, bulletin boards fell out of favor.

From Salon • Dec. 8, 2025

Mainframe computers were disrupted by PCs, which were disrupted by the World Wide Web, which was disrupted by smartphones.

From Barron's • Oct. 14, 2025

"If it's smarter than you, then we have to keep it contained," warned Tim Berners Lee, creator of the World Wide Web, talking to the BBC earlier this month.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025

Bobby continued making broadcasts, this time directly from the detention center’s pay telephone, and they went immediately on the World Wide Web.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady