Drupal is a free and open-source content management system written in the PHP language. It began as a small message board created by the Belgian student Dries Buytaert while he was at the University of Antwerp, and he released it to the public as open-source software. The name comes from the Dutch word druppel, meaning drop. Under the GNU General Public License, a large community of developers contributed modules and themes, and Drupal grew into a platform for complex sites such as those run by universities, media organisations and government agencies. It is known for its flexible content structures and its strong security record. Buytaert later founded the company Acquia to provide commercial services around it.
Before and after
- 2001Creation of C#
- 2001Release of Google Earth
- 2001Creation of Visual Basic .NET
- 8 January 2001Construction of Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- 15 January 2001Release of Drupal
- 15 January 2001Release of English Wikipedia
- 15 January 2001Founding of Creative Commons
- 15 January 2001Wikipedia
- from 22 January 2001 to 13 August 20012001 insurgency in Macedonia
More in Science & technology
- 1949Discovery of berkelium
- 1955Discovery of mendelevium
- 14 February 1961Discovery of lawrencium
- 9 November 1994Discovery of darmstadtium
- 8 December 1994Discovery of roentgenium
- 1996Discovery of copernicium
The era
This moment belongs to the Contemporary world (1945 CE to today), the world since 1945. You can also browse everything in the 21st century.