International holidays - Internet Birthday (World Wide Web Standards Approval Day)

The World Wide Web was created as a system that provides access to interconnected documents located on various personal computers that are connected to the Internet Initially, the Network allowed users to digitally send letters, download files, and read newsletters On May 17, 1991, a single standard for website web pages was approved After the invention of the World Wide Web, this became another leap in the development of information technology That's why the Internet's birthday is celebrated annually on May 17th The celebration of this event is taken seriously by both programmers, web designers and other IT specialists, as well as ordinary people For computer scientists, the Internet is the sphere of application of their professional skills and abilities, and for users it is the opportunity to receive and exchange information, access music and video content, organize sales of goods and offer services in the virtual world It is difficult to imagine modern life without access to the global information space Every second resident of Russia logs into the Internet at least once a day Therefore, citizens of the Russian Federation, like other countries of the world, celebrate the Internet’s birthday not just once, but several times a year The communication session conducted on October 29, 1969 between the first Network nodes located at Stanford and the University of California was completed successfully The researchers sent and received the first two characters from the abbreviation LOG (part of the word LOGIN - commands to log into the system) After this, the Network stopped functioning, but it was repaired and the next attempt, which the scientists made on the same day at 22:30, was successful Therefore, October 29 is considered one of the solemn dates associated with the invention of the Internet Residents of Catholic countries attach so much importance to the emergence of the World Wide Web that they even found a saint who patronizes the Network This was the Spanish Bishop Isidore of Seville, who lived in the 6th-7th centuries and was known as a great encyclopedist and writer The choice of the saint's birthday, April 4, to celebrate the advent of the Internet is justified The system provides access to a gigantic database and reference information of a truly encyclopedic nature And yet, the Internet in its current form, to which we are accustomed, appeared on May 17, 1991, when the standard for WWW (World Wide Web) pages was approved With the advent of special programs, ie browsers opening these pages, the Network began to develop rapidly and be filled with new content every second In June 2011, the UN adopted a resolution that made Internet access a basic human right In modern realities, it is truly impossible to imagine the life of most people without the ability to use the Internet Paying tribute without exaggeration to the greatest invention of mankind, on May 17 the Internet is celebrated around the world