Netscape Communications Corporation

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software company technology company web browser developer

Netscape Communications Corporation was a pioneering web browser company of the 1990s whose Netscape Navigator played a central role in the early popularization of the World Wide Web.

Aliases (3)

Netscape Communications ×6
Netscape ×2
Netscape Communications Corporation board of directors ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	software company → technology company → web browser developer →
acquiredBy	AOL →
acquisitionAmount	approximately 4.2 billion US dollars →
acquisitionDate	1999-03-17 →
competitor	Microsoft → Microsoft Internet Explorer →
country	United States →
developed	JavaScript (with Brendan Eich) → Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI) → Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol →
dissolved	early 2000s as an independent browser developer →
foundedAs	Mosaic Communications Corporation →
foundedBy	Jim Clark → Marc Andreessen → Silicon Graphics cofounder Jim Clark →
foundedDate	1994-04-04 →
headquartersLocation	Mountain View, California → Silicon Valley →
industry	internet industry → software industry →
influenced	Firefox web browser → Mozilla project →
introduced	SSL encryption for web traffic → early support for cookies in web browsers → the <blink> HTML tag →
ipoDate	1995-08-09 →
ipoEvent	high-profile initial public offering that fueled the dot-com boom →
keyPerson	Brendan Eich → Jim Barksdale → Marc Andreessen → Mike Homer →
legacy	helped popularize the World Wide Web in the 1990s → its browser wars with Microsoft shaped antitrust scrutiny of tech companies → pioneered commercial web browsing →
notableWork	Netscape Navigator web browser →
parentCompanyAfterAcquisition	AOL →
product	Netscape Communicator → Netscape Directory Server → Netscape Enterprise Server → Netscape Mail → Netscape Navigator →
significantEvent	played central role in early popularization of the World Wide Web → triggered the first browser war with Microsoft →
status	defunct →
stockExchange	NASDAQ →
tickerSymbol	NSCP →

Referenced by (35)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Brendan Eich → Ian Hickson ("Netscape") → Jim Barksdale → Jim Clark → Jim Clark → Marc Andreessen → Marc Andreessen → Omid Kordestani → Peter Linss ("Netscape Communications") →	employer
JavaScript ("Netscape Communications") → Netscape Directory Server → Netscape Enterprise Server → Netscape Mail → Netscape Navigator → Netscape Navigator ("Netscape Communications") → Netscape Navigator →	developer
NPAPI → SSL → SSL 2.0 ("Netscape Communications") → SSL 3.0 ("Netscape Communications") →	developedBy
Jim Clark → Marc Andreessen → Marc Andreessen →	coFounded
Jim Clark → Jim Clark →	founded
AOL →	acquired
RSS ("Netscape Communications") →	createdBy
Mozilla ("Netscape") →	foundedBy
Mosaic Communications Corporation →	laterNamed
Jim Barksdale ("Netscape Communications Corporation board of directors") →	memberOf
Jim Clark →	notableWork
Mosaic Communications Corporation →	predecessorOf
Netscape Enterprise Server →	publisher
NSCP →	refersTo
Mosaic Communications Corporation →	successor