CERN

What is CERN?
CERN is the European Organization for Nuclear Research located astride the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, Switzerland.

Physicists, engineers, and scientists use some of the world's largest and complex scientific instruments to study fundamental particles and the basic constituents of matter. They are scientists that concentrate on understanding the inside of an atom, and probe the fundamental structure of the universe. They study how particles collide, investigate how particles interact, and observe the fundamental laws of nature.

The name CERN is derived from the acronym for the French "Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire", or European Council for Nuclear Research.

CERN and the Internet
Tim Berners-Lee was a scientist working for CERN when he proposed for a distributed information system in 1989. The availability of the web would provided access to files from distant locations and allowing easier sharing of digital documents The first webpage went live in December of 1991, “Info.cern.ch”. The website described the basic features of the web, how to access other people's documents, and how to set up your own server.

The development of the web was originally to meet the demand for automatic information-sharing between scientists in universities and institutes around the world. CERN put the World Wide Web software in the public on the 30th of April in 1993. CERN made the next release available with an open license. The actions allowed the web to grow and develop, along with a basic browser and a library of code.

Basic Information

 * Founded: 1954 (provisional body founded in 1952)
 * Location: Geneva, Switzerland

Reference
CERN Home Page: https://home.cern/

First webpage for CERN: http://info.cern.ch/