Computing

World Wide Web Day 2023:

The Internet

The Internet was developed in 1969, at the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET), which was funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. ARPANET was the first public packet-switched computer network, where multiple computers were able to communicate with one another on a single network. 

The World Wide Web

Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989 at the European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN).

To learn more about the World Wide Web, read the following articles to find out about its history, its challenges and the famous artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT that has taken the internet by storm:

1. History of the Web

https://webfoundation.org/about/vision/history-of-the-web/

2. The Web of Misinformation: Turning the Double-Edged Sword

https://www.techopedia.com/the-web-of-misinformation-turning-the-double-edged-sword

3. ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about OpenAI's GPT tool

https://www.sciencefocus.com/future-technology/gpt-3/

WWW Day Quiz

Pitch your skill by answering this quiz, available from 1.08 pm onwards on 1 August 2023.

https://forms.gle/EFCsDbwhFyjovF1h7

For students:

The fastest three submissions with all correct answers will each win Good News Cafe vouchers worth $10. 

Remaining submissions with all correct answers, submitted by 10 pm on 1st August 2023, will stand a chance in the Lucky Draw to win one of three $5 Good News Cafe vouchers.

For teachers:
Submissions with all correct answers, submitted by 10 pm on 1st August 2023, will stand a chance in the Staff Lucky Draw to win one of three $5 Good News Cafe vouchers.

World Wide Web Day is brought to you by the JPJC STEM Committee and Computing Unit.

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