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The World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is the most impactful universal information platform, enabling commerce, media, and social connection on a scale never before imagined. Tim Berners-Lee's 1989 invention of HTTP and HTML joined with existing internet infrastructure to connect over 5.4 billion users by 2024. The web catalyzed the information age, enabling social media, streaming services, and collaborative knowledge repositories. It reduced geographic barriers, enabling instant sharing of text, images, and video across continents. This invention is the backbone of modern digital civilization, a platform that continues evolving with semantic and decentralized iterations.
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