1984 AD hired
Berners-Lee returns to CERN in a permanent role, after having worked as a contractor in 1980 from June to December.
As a fellow, he considered its problems of information management: physicists from around the world needed to share data, yet they lacked common machines and any shared presentation software.
Shortly after Berners-Lee's return to CERN, TCP/IP protocols were installed on Unix machines at the institution, turning it into the largest Internet site in Europe.
In 1988, the first direct IP connection between Europe and North America was established and Berners-Lee began to openly discuss the possibility of a web-like system at CERN.
Subjects Who or What hired?
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CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) The acronym CERN origina...
Objects To Whom or What was hired?
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Tim Berners-Lee (TimBL) Sir Timothy John Berners...
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