The Web dates back to 1989, when a chap called Tim Berners-Lee wanted to make it easier for the physicists at the European Particle Physics 
Laboratory (CERN) to share information. He came up with a system which 
enabled his colleagues to publish documents on the Internet and connect 
them together with hyperlinks. Instead of having to know how to find the 
next document, you simply clicked on the link (a highlighted word or 
phrase) and jumped straight to it.