What is a website?
A website is defined as a group of related files and resources that can be accessed through the World Wide Web, where these files and resources are organized and combined under one domain name (in English: Domain Name), and the files that can be located through the website vary. between documents, images, texts, and other types of files, and the name of the site does not indicate its presence in a specific physical location; Where the website is located on what is known as web servers that are actually spread in different locations in the world, and the website can consist of an HTML file or thousands of related files.
The website on the Internet is accessed using one of the web browsers available on the user's device, where he enters the website's URL in the browser's address bar to go to it, and in the event that the URL of a particular site is not known; It is possible to search for this site using one of the search engines on the Internet, and it should be noted that the websites are owned by certain individuals, companies, or institutions, and are managed by those entities.
Website history
The history of the emergence of the first website in the world dates back to August 6, 1991 AD, when British physicist Tim Berners-Lee launched the website (info.cern.ch) while developing the World Wide Web, where Berners had previously developed a set of key technologies Which is the basis for the emergence of the web; As the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), in addition to what is known as web addresses (URLs), it should be noted that all of these technologies were developed using the Next computer developed by Steve Jobs.
Berners-Lee refused to be credited with the invention of the World Wide Web, by refusing to register a patent in his name after its invention, as he wanted this great invention to be public property for everyone to be able to develop and improve on it quickly, and the year 1993 witnessed the issuance of the first browser A web that can be used by the general public, which was known as (Mosaic), and the subsequent years witnessed the launch of many different websites; Such as Yahoo, Amazon, and many other sites.
The emergence and launch of websites continued at a very rapid rate, as the number of websites on the Internet in the year 2004 AD reached nearly 51 million, and currently there are more than 1.7 billion different websites on the Internet, and every new day 570 are launched. A new site.
Note: (info.cern.ch), the first website in history, can be accessed by clicking on the following link: Click here, as the website includes information about the World Wide Web project that was invented during the launch of the website
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