This is not a coincidence, nor is it an uncanny ability to see into the future. Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the URI/URL naming scheme, worked at CERN, which m

This is not a coincidence, nor is it an uncanny ability to see into the future. Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the URI/URL naming scheme, worked at CERN, which mostly used Apollos at the time. He modeled URLs after the Apollo naming scheme. "So I just copied Apollo," according to his FAQ. https://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/FAQ.html https://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/FAQ.html