Made Popular By: Sir Tim Berners Lee
Year: 1990

Despite what we may think of it today, the World Wide Web—a system of linked hypertext pages accessed over the Internet—was developed to be a "pool of human knowledge, and human culture, which would allow collaborators in remote sites to share their ideas and all aspects of a common project." Now, more than ever, that dream has been realized, with news stories breaking around the globe, people sharing photos and projects, and people using it, in lieu of their phone, to communicate with friends and family.