TYLER, Texas — It is hard to imagine life in the 21st century without the web.
We use it to research, communicate with others, shop, blow time at work and so much more.
"Over time, it has grown to be an increasingly important aspect of everybody's life," Aaron Dunn, account executive for GroupM7 Design in Tyler, said.
On March 12, 1989, British Scientist Tim Berners-Lee designed the World Wide Web for scientists around the world to share information with each other.
Although it was introduced in 1989, the web did not become available to the public until 1991.
Thirty years later, there are many grown adults who cannot recall a time when they were not online.
"I was born in 1989 so I've kind of grew up understanding, you know, the Internet is a part of daily life," Dunn explained.
People commonly confuse the web and the internet.
The internet is a global network of computers while the web is a way of getting information over that network.
Each time you type "www." you are tapping into the World Wide Web.
While the web has the power to connect, it's inventor warns it has "sources of dysfunction" that he never foresaw three decades ago.
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In an open letter, Berners-Lee called for a fight to better the web specifically targeting issues like hacking, online bullying and criminal behavior.