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Leaders in Computing
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Leaders in Computing

by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, Professor Donald Knuth, Grady Booch, Linus Torvalds, Steve Wozniak, Vint Cerf, Professor Karen Spärck Jones, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Jimmy Wales, Dame Stephanie Shirley
September 2011
Intermediate to advanced
75 pages
2h 21m
English
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
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7 ISN’T IT SEMANTIC?

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, 2006 and 2009

In two exclusive interviews in 2006 and 2009, the inventor of the web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, spoke to BCS Managing Editor Brian Runciman about the development of the web, his view on the advent of artificial life forms on the internet, the biggest barriers to enabling the information society for all, where the mobile web is going and more.

2006 interview

Looking back on 15 years or so of development of the web, is there anything you would do differently given the chance?

I would have skipped on the double slash – there’s no need for it. Also I would have put the domain name in the reverse order – in order of size, so, for example, the BCS address would read: http:uk/org/bcs/members. This ...

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ISBN: 9781780170992