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The Skeptics Guide #930 - May 6 2023

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

CHAPTER

The History of the Internet

30 years ago on April 30th, 1993, scientist Tim Berners-Lee was instrumental in creating and giving the world the world wide web. The internet is really just a network of connected computers at its most basic. There's also emails flying through FTP or file transfer protocols are also on the internet. Messaging services are also going through there.

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