The Black NeXT Computer at CERN

Aug 25, 202619 min0 plays

The question this episode answers

How did a single black NeXT computer turn CERN’s problem of information scattered across incompatible computers into the World Wide Web?

The episode explains how the World Wide Web began as a simple way for scientists to share information across different computers.

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