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Who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web? A. Tim Berners-Lee B. John Napier C. Allen B Dumont D. J. J. P. Eckert

Who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web? A. Tim Berners-Lee B. John Napier C. Allen B Dumont D. J. J. P. Eckert Correct Answer A

The correct answer is Tim Berners-Lee.

  • Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989 while working at CERN.
    • The Web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automated information-sharing between scientists in universities and institutes around the world.

Additional Information

  • John William Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert are the scientists credited with the invention of the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC), the first general-purpose electronic digital computer completed in 1946. Mauchly was born on August 30, 1907, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
  • Allen Balcom DuMont, also spelt Du Mont, was an American electronics engineer, scientist, and inventor best known for improvements to the cathode ray tube in 1931 for use in television receivers.
    • Seven years later he manufactured and sold the first commercially practical television set to the public.
    • In June 1938, his Model 180 television receiver was the first all-electronic television set ever sold to the public, a few months prior to RCA's first set in April 1939.

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