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1993
On 30 April 1993, CERN put three foundational World Wide Web software components into the public domain. The release allowed others to use, copy, modify, and distribute that code without asking CERN for individual permission.
1991
The camera widely remembered as the first webcam watched a coffee pot at Cambridge in 1991, initially over a local network. It became accessible through the World Wide Web in November 1993.
1964
The first mouse prototype in Douglas Engelbart’s research program was built in 1964 with a wooden body. Engineer Bill English constructed the device, which tracked movement using two perpendicular wheels.