The Invention of WWW and E-Commerce

By Chidiere Oluoma

Vectorjuice (2020) 
                                                                                                   
"The World Wide Web -- also known as the web, WWW or W3 -- refers to all the public websites or pages that users can access on their local computers and other devices through the internet. These pages and documents are interconnected by means of hyperlinks that users click on for information. This information can be in different formats, including text, images, audio and video." (Awati, 2022)

It is important to note that "the term World Wide Web isn't synonymous with the internet. Rather, the World Wide Web is part of the internet." (Awati, 2022)

"British physicist Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. Along with colleagues at Geneva-based CERN -- the European Organization for Nuclear Research -- Berners-Lee had been working on the concept since 1989. Their goal was to combine available technologies and data networks to create a user-friendly system for global communication and information sharing. At the time, they began work on the first WWW server, which they called httpd. They also dubbed the first client WWW." (Awati, 2022)

Initially, the WWW was a 'what you see is what you get' (WYSIWYG) "hypertext browser/editor that ran in the NextStep environment. In 1990, Berners-Lee demonstrated the first web server and browser at CERN to explain his idea of a World Wide Web. The web then entered the public eye in 1991 when Berners-Lee, who also developed hypertext, announced his creation on the alt.hypertext newsgroup; at the same time, he created the world's first web page with the address http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html. " (Awati, 2022)


  • E-Commerce

E-commerce or e-business was invented by Michael Aldrich in 1979. This process, however, "began in the 1960s, when businesses started using EDI to share business documents with other companies. 

In 1979, the American National Standards Institute developed ASC X12 as a universal standard for businesses to share documents through electronic networks."  (Lutkevich, et al. 2022) 

"...After the number of individual users sharing electronic documents with each other grew in the 1980s, the rise of eBay and Amazon in the 1990s revolutionized the e-commerce industry. 

Consumers can now buy many items online, from e-commerce-only vendors -- also called e-tailers -- and brick-and-mortar stores that have e-commerce capabilities."  (Lutkevich, et al. 2022)

This has now motivated almost all retail companies to begin integrating online business practices into their  contemporary business models.  (Lutkevich, et al. 2022)










Reference List

         Awati, R. (2022) What is the World Wide Web (WWW)?, WhatIs.com. TechTarget. Available at: https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/World-Wide-Web (Accessed: January 15, 2023).

          Lutkevich, B., Chai, W. and Holak, B. (2022) What is e-commerce? definition and meaning, CIO. TechTarget. Available at: https://www.techtarget.com/searchcio/definition/e-commerce (Accessed: January 15, 2023).

         Vectorjuice (2020) Free vector: Tiny business people with digital devices at Big Globe Surfing Internet, Freepik. Available at: https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/tiny-business-people-with-digital-devices-big-globe-surfing-internet_11669276.htm#query=www&position=9&from_view=search&track=sph (Accessed: January 15, 2023).

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