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I wonder at what point "The Web" was invented. When the first "GET / HTTP/0.1" (what version did tbl use?) got a proper response? I guess he wrote HTML after be

I wonder at what point "The Web" was invented. When the first "GET / HTTP/0.1" (what version did tbl use?) got a proper response? I guess he wrote HTML after being able to fetch text streams, is it "The Web" without HTML parsing and links that you can navigate to?

taylodl 4y ago
That's a good question - the term "web" is vague. Are we talking about the internet or are we talking about the HTTP protocol and HTML markup? Those two technologies have very different histories.
geenew 4y ago
Since 'Web' refers to a web of links between pages, I would personally side on the combination of HTTP with HTML, but your point is well taken. There's also the choice between whether 'invented' refers to the moment when a new technology first becomes usable, or whether 'invented' refers to the moment when a new technology is first used: was the web invented when a client and server were both setup and capable of communicating? or, when a client and server were first used to communicate? Only a difference of minutes, probably, but potentially significant.
lioeters 4y ago
> the first "GET / HTTP/0.1" (what version did tbl use?) Apparently it was HTTP/0.9. > In 1991, the first documented official version of HTTP was written as a plain document, less than 700 words long, and this version was named HTTP/0.9. [It] supported only GET method. The Original HTTP as defined in 1991 - https://www.w3.org/Protocols/HTTP/AsImplemented.html https://www.w3.org/Protocols/HTTP/AsImplemented.html The first "web server" went live in 1990 - and here's the source! TCP/IP based server for HyperText "2 Oct 90 - Written TBL" - https://www.w3.org/Daemon/old/V0.1/daemon.c https://www.w3.org/Daemon/old/V0.1/daemon.c