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The World Wide Web was created at CERN to help scientists share information.

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Tim Berners-Lee built the World Wide Web at CERN in 1989 so physicists could share documents — a tool for scientists that quietly became a tool for everyone.

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Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

World Wide Web, bilim insanlarının bilgi paylaşmasına yardımcı olmak için CERN'de oluşturuldu.

Tim Berners-Lee, 1989'da CERN'de World Wide Web'i, fizikçilerin belge paylaşabilmesi için kurdu — bilim insanlarına yönelik bir araçken sessizce herkesin aracına dönüştü.

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