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.

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Label Occurrences
Netscape Communications Corporation canonical 40
Netscape Communications 13
Netscape 7

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 ⓘ
Internet Explorer ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Internet Explorer
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developed JavaScript ⓘ
surface form: JavaScript (with Brendan Eich)

Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI) ⓘ
SSL ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Mountain View, California

Silicon Valley ⓘ
industry internet industry ⓘ
software industry ⓘ
influenced Mozilla Firefox ⓘ
surface form: Firefox web browser

Mozilla Foundation ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Netscape Navigator web browser
parentCompanyAfterAcquisition AOL ⓘ
product Netscape Navigator ⓘ
surface form: 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 (61)

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AOL → acquired → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
JavaScript → developer → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netscape Communications
SSL 3.0 → developedBy → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netscape Communications
SSL 2.0 → developedBy → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netscape Communications
Marc Andreessen → coFounded → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
Marc Andreessen → employer → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
Brendan Eich → employer → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
Omid Kordestani → employer → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
RSS → createdBy → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netscape Communications
SSL → developedBy → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
Ian Hickson → employer → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netscape
Marc → coFounded → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: Marc Andreessen
Marc → employer → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: Marc Andreessen
Netscape Navigator → developer → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
Netscape Navigator → developer → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netscape Communications
Peter Linss → employer → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netscape Communications
Jim Clark → employer → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
Jim Clark → coFounded → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
Jim Clark → founded → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
Silicon Graphics cofounder Jim Clark → notableWork → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: Jim Clark
Silicon Graphics cofounder Jim Clark → founded → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: Jim Clark
Silicon Graphics cofounder Jim Clark → employer → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: Jim Clark
Mosaic Communications Corporation → successor → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
Mosaic Communications Corporation → laterNamed → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
Mosaic Communications Corporation → predecessorOf → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
Netscape Enterprise Server → developer → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
Netscape Enterprise Server → publisher → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
NSCP → refersTo → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
NSCP → developer → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: Netscape Navigator
Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI) → developedBy → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: NPAPI
Jim Barksdale → employer → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
Jim Barksdale → memberOf → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netscape Communications Corporation board of directors
Netscape Directory Server → developer → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
Netscape Mail → developer → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
Mozilla → foundedBy → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netscape
Mike Homer → employer → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
Eich → employer → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: Brendan Eich
Eich → workLocation → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: Brendan Eich
Netscape JavaScript language → developer → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
Douglas Crockford → employer → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netscape
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers → notableInvestment → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netscape
Hixie → employer → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: Ian Hickson
this entity surface form: Netscape
Ben Horowitz → previousWorkplace → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netscape
Netscape Communicator → developer → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
James H. Clark → coFounded → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netscape Communications
James H. Clark → notableWork → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netscape Communications
James H. Clark → employer → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netscape Communications
Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft → mainSubject → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft → aboutOrganization → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netscape Communications
NSAPI → developedBy → Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ