Who is credited with inventing HTML and the World Wide Web?

Tim Berners-Lee is credited with inventing HTML (HyperText Markup Language) and the World Wide Web. In 1989, while working at CERN, he proposed a system that would facilitate sharing and accessing information through hyperlinks, which ultimately led to the development of the web as we know it today. Berners-Lee created the first web browser and web server, and he standardized the foundational technologies that underpin the web, including HTML.

His vision was to enable easy access to the vast amounts of information housed in different research institutions, and he developed the first version of HTML to allow users to format documents for the web. His work laid the groundwork for the vast ecosystem of websites and web applications we have today.

The other individuals listed are prominent figures in technology but are not credited with the creation of HTML or the World Wide Web. For instance, Marc Andreessen is known for developing the Mosaic web browser and later Netscape, while Vint Cerf is recognized for his contributions to the development of internet protocols. Larry Page is co-founder of Google and contributed to the search engine industry, but none of these roles involved the foundational invention of HTML or the web itself.