Which one of the following pairs of events and years is not correctly matched ?
Launch of the first communications satellite : 1962
Completion of a continuous around the world fibre-optic cable link : 1997
Creation of the SWIFT system for worldwide electronic interbank fund transfer : 1977
Introduction of the World Wide Web (www) : 1995
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B) Completion of a continuous around the world fibre-optic cable link : 1997. Major projects like the Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) connecting continents were becoming operational around this time (FLAG was completed in 1997). This pair is correctly matched.
C) Creation of the SWIFT system for worldwide electronic interbank fund transfer : 1977. The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) was founded in 1973 and started its messaging services for live payments in 1977. This pair is correctly matched.
D) Introduction of the World Wide Web (www) : 1995. The World Wide Web was invented by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN in 1989 and was released to the public in 1991. While the public adoption grew rapidly in the mid-1990s with browsers like Netscape, 1995 is not the year of its introduction.