When did the Internet and the Web begin

Today, it's acceptable to use the terms "Internet" and "Web" interchangeably, although technically, they are dramatically different.

Simple explanation:

• Internet - is the network
• Web (HTTP) - is a "program" that runs over the network

Many other applications or protocols execute over the network (Internet), such as chat (IRC), e-mail (SMTP), and file transfer (FTP). A client app talks to a server app, using a defined set of commands or protocol.

It's relatively easy to create a custom client app and server app that talk to each other with a custom protocol.

August is apparently anniversary month for both the Internet and the Web.

Aug 23, 2013 - "Happy Anniversary WWW":http://www.jacquesmattheij.com/happy-anniversary-www

Today marks the 22nd birthday of the world wide web.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_World_Wide_Web

By Christmas 1990, Berners-Lee had built all the tools necessary for a working Web: the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) 0.9, the HyperText Markup Language (HTML), the first Web browser (named WorldWideWeb, which was also a Web editor), the first HTTP server software (later known as CERN httpd), the first web server (http://info.cern.ch), and the first Web pages that described the project itself.

On August 6, 1991, Berners-Lee posted a short summary of the World Wide Web project on the alt.hypertext newsgroup. This date also marked the debut of the Web as a publicly available service on the Internet, although new users only access it after August 23. For this reason this is considered the internaut's day.

"The WorldWideWeb (WWW) project aims to allow all links to be made to any information anywhere. [...] The WWW project was started to allow high energy physicists to share data, news, and documentation. We are very interested in spreading the web to other areas, and having gateway servers for other data. Collaborators welcome!" —from Tim Berners-Lee's first message

Aug 31, 2009 - Internet's 40th 'Birthday' Marked

http://howoldistheinter.net

http://howoldistheinter.net/ - The Internet began in 1969 or thereabout. The Web part of the Internet (http) began in 1989-1991, depending upon what you consider to be its genesis.