Physicists at CERN are not only looking for the "god particle", they also invented the WWW

The European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) is the largest center for elementary particle physics in the world, but it is also the place where many other top technologies were "born" that have found their application in our everyday life. In CERN, among other things, the World Wide Web (WWW) was developed.

WWW is, simply put, a large network that includes links, multimedia, textual content and everything else that makes up a website.

The web, physicists recall, was created as a result of the need for communication among scientists around the world. About 8.000 scientists from 80 countries collaborate at CERN. Mutual communication between scientists is the basis of research.

British physicist Tim Berners-Lee was tasked with creating a system for exchanging information between scientists. After some time, the World Wide Web was born.

Initially, the technical details of the project were not protected, although they were very original, so anyone who wanted to could take the protocols and other technical information, change them a little and register them as their intellectual property.

Thanks to Dr. François Flakkiger from the CERN computer department, that didn't happen. He realized very quickly how important the project was. Within weeks of publication, he trademarked the WWW protocols and other technical information, and they became public domain.

The WWW is available to the whole world. It has become a central place for communication and information exchange, exactly what the original idea was in the very beginning.

In the meantime, Tim Berners Lee left CERN, and Queen Elizabeth II honored him with the title of cheese for his services. Dr. Francois Flakiger still works at CERN.