THE RECORD
What changed
ARPANET linked its first nodes in 1969; Berners-Lee proposed the Web at CERN in 1989 and implemented HTTP, HTML and URLs.
EVIDENCE
What remains
Logs, RFCs, first server and browser code and CERN proposals document development.
WHY IT MATTERS
Why it matters
It placed communication, publishing, commerce and community on shared infrastructure.
OPEN QUESTION
Where interpretation begins
The internet and Web differ and were collective creations; openness coexists with surveillance and monopoly.