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Voyager 1 and 2 launched in 1977. The first web server and browser were not running at CERN until the end of 1990. Two different eras of technology are still alive in the same lifetime.

NASA and CERN

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The Voyager probes launched in 1977, but the first web server didn't run until 1990 — a spacecraft was already leaving the planets before the web was even born.

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Voyager 1 ve 2, 1977'de fırlatıldı. İlk web sunucusu ve tarayıcısı ise CERN'de 1990'ın sonuna kadar çalışmıyordu. Teknolojinin iki farklı çağı aynı ömür içinde hâlâ yaşıyor.
NASA ve CERN

Voyager sondaları 1977'de fırlatıldı; ama ilk web sunucusu ancak 1990'da çalıştı — web daha doğmadan, bir uzay aracı çoktan gezegenleri geride bırakıyordu.

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S02 NASA Voyager Status; S15 CERN Web History

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