Berners-Lee

Definition

Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a British computer scientist best known for inventing the World Wide Web, which revolutionized the media landscape by enabling the digital dissemination of information globally. His innovations laid the foundational protocols for web browsers, servers, and hypertext markup language (HTML), transforming how information is shared and consumed.

Related terms

Digital Media: Digital media refers to audio, video, and written content that is encoded digitally and can be easily shared over the internet or computer networks.

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML): HTML is a standardized system for tagging text files to achieve font, color, graphic, and hyperlink effects on World Wide Web pages.

Information Society: An information society is a society where the creation, distribution, use, integration, and manipulation of information is a significant economic, political, and cultural activity