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Knighthood for 'father of the Web'
The computer wizard Tim Berners-Lee, dubbed the "father of the World Wide Web", is to receive a knighthood for services to the Internet. His honour falls under the diplomatic list for services to the global development of the Internet. As a British citizen, Berners-Lee will be able to use the title "Sir Tim."
[blockquote]The modest, publicity-shy physicist, now 48 and based in the U.S., is at pains to point out that he did not invent the Internet itself and insists he is "quite an ordinary person."
But without his creation -- which spawned billions of web pages used by hundreds of millions of computer users -- there would be no www computer addresses and the Internet might still be the exclusive domain of a handful of computer experts.
Berners-Lee told the UK's Press Association: "I'm very honored, although it still feels strange. [/blockquote]
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[blockquote]The modest, publicity-shy physicist, now 48 and based in the U.S., is at pains to point out that he did not invent the Internet itself and insists he is "quite an ordinary person."
But without his creation -- which spawned billions of web pages used by hundreds of millions of computer users -- there would be no www computer addresses and the Internet might still be the exclusive domain of a handful of computer experts.
Berners-Lee told the UK's Press Association: "I'm very honored, although it still feels strange. [/blockquote]
[link=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/12/31/nhon831.xml]Read more[/link]
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