The document summarizes the history of web design and the internet in four sentences: The internet was originally developed in the 1960s for military and academic use, and the world wide web was created by Tim Berners-Lee to allow researchers to share information; early web design used text and images on slow connections while later generations incorporated interactive graphics, animation, and e-commerce capabilities; modern web design gives designers more control and both small and large businesses now use websites to help grow their operations, demonstrating how far the internet has progressed.