When Tim Berners-Lee, the so-called ‘inventor of the Internet’, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989, web addresses (URLs) certain rules and symbols must be in standard format developed.

One of these is the text at the beginning of URLs, which transports the URLs to resources on the Internet. It was the phrase “http://” which means “Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)” However, Lee regretted this format years later.

Let’s start with the basics. Why double slash?

The double slash was a symbol used to indicate hierarchy in URL structuring, and in the early years of the Internet addressing resources on the network It was necessary for.

The phrase “http://” told the web browser what protocol this address would be processed with. This is part of the section that comes after the protocol specification, such as the domain name. refers to the web source It was used for display.

Tim Berners-Lee regretted this format.

Years later, Berners-Lee recalled some of the choices he made when designing this format. unnecessary and dysfunctional He realized that it was. Web browsers could already recognize that the part after the protocol specification was a web resource.

Berners-Lee said this would be a problem for both developers and users. brings an extra burden, He stated that with the technology and understanding of the early years, he did not question the need for this symbol.

He also said that if he were to redesign a URL format, he would remove the double slashes entirely. “http:example.com” He said he would choose much simpler formats, such as .

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