Mosaic
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Mosaic is a pioneering early web browser that popularized the World Wide Web by introducing a user-friendly graphical interface for browsing internet content.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mosaic canonical | 4 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
graphical web browser
ⓘ
software application ⓘ web browser ⓘ |
| basedOn | World Wide Web protocols ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator |
Eric Bina
ⓘ
Marc Andreessen ⓘ |
| describedAs | pioneering early web browser ⓘ |
| developer |
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
ⓘ
surface form:
NCSA
National Center for Supercomputing Applications ⓘ |
| developerTeamMember |
Eric Bina
ⓘ
Marc Andreessen ⓘ |
| discontinuationDate | 1997 ⓘ |
| discontinued | true ⓘ |
| distributionMethod | download over the Internet ⓘ |
| firstReleaseDate | 1993-01-23 ⓘ |
| genre | web browser ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
Mosaic (web browser)
ⓘ
surface form:
NCSA Mosaic for Macintosh
Mosaic (web browser) ⓘ
surface form:
NCSA Mosaic for Microsoft Windows
Mosaic (web browser) ⓘ
surface form:
NCSA Mosaic for X
|
| impact | helped drive rapid growth in web usage in the mid-1990s ⓘ |
| inception | 1992 ⓘ |
| influenced |
Internet Explorer
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Netscape Navigator ⓘ later graphical web browsers ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software license ⓘ |
| notableFor |
introducing a user-friendly graphical interface for web browsing
ⓘ
popularizing the World Wide Web ⓘ supporting inline images in web pages ⓘ |
| operatedOn | early 1990s Internet ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
macOS
ⓘ
surface form:
Mac OS
Windows ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
Unix ⓘ |
| platform |
Classic Mac OS
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
X11 ⓘ
surface form:
X Window System
|
| predecessor | line-mode web browsers ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| supports |
forms (in later versions)
ⓘ
hyperlinks ⓘ inline images in HTML documents ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
FTP
ⓘ
Gopher ⓘ HTTP ⓘ NNTP ⓘ WAIS ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general computer users ⓘ |
| userInterface | graphical user interface ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.