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Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist, is widely recognized as the inventor of the World Wide Web (WWW). He developed the WWW in 1989 while working at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research). His contributions include the creation of the first web browser, the first web server, and the foundational technologies such as Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and Hypertext Transfer Markup Language (HTML), which enable the functioning of the web.
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Edward Kasner was an American mathematician who is known for coining the term 'googol' to represent a very large number (10^100). His work is in the field of mathematics, unrelated to the invention of the WWW.
Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, a company that played a pivotal role in the personal computing revolution through its operating systems and software. While he significantly influenced the technology landscape, he is not credited with the invention of the WWW.
Vinod Dham is an Indian-American engineer often referred to as the 'Father of the Pentium Chip' due to his significant contributions to the development of Intel's Pentium microprocessor. His work is primarily in semiconductor technology and microprocessor design, not web technologies.