The Code of the Universe

THE SECRET OF CERN’S SUCCESS IS THAT CERN HAS NO SECRETS.

Scientific results and project information are openly available worldwide through the web. The development of information systems on the Internet has paved the way for the open- access dissemination of data. Knowledge is now just a click away; information is accessible to everyone, at the same time, anywhere in the world. The development of the World Wide Web is just one example of how fundamental research leads to applications that we use in our daily lives and changes the world.

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The first website. Tim Berners-Lee’s idea to create a free and effective information-sharing network gave birth to a tool that is indispensable today.

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