Tim Berners-Lee, a computer scientist at CERN, submits the first proposal for the World Wide Web in March. His idea is to merge data networks and hypertext together in a powerful and easy-to-use global information system. By the end of 1990, the first Web server and browser is up and running. In 1993, CERN makes the source code of the World Wide Web available on a royalty-free basis. By the end of 1994, the Web already has 10 000 servers and 10 million users.