Nexus

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Nexus is the original World Wide Web browser and editor created by Tim Berners-Lee, later renamed from its initial title "WorldWideWeb."


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf HTML editor
World Wide Web browser
web browser
creator Tim Berners-Lee
developedAt CERN
developer Tim Berners-Lee
displayCapabilities inline images (via NeXTSTEP features)
text
documentationLanguage English
firstPublicDemonstrationYear 1991
genre graphical web browser
hasFunction hypertext navigation
web browsing
web page editing
historicalSignificance first WYSIWYG HTML editor
first web browser
influenced Mosaic
later web browsers
license public domain (original source later released)
notableFeature WYSIWYG editing of hypertext documents
combined browser and editor in one application
operatingSystem NeXTSTEP
originalName WorldWideWeb
partOf early World Wide Web project at CERN
platform NeXT computer
programmingLanguage Objective-C
reasonForRenaming to avoid confusion with the World Wide Web itself
relatedTo CERN httpd
Tim Berners-Lee’s original web project
World Wide Web
releaseYear 1990
renamedFrom WorldWideWeb
runsOnHardware NeXT workstation
sourceCodeReleasedBy CERN
sourceCodeReleaseYear 2019
status discontinued
supports HTML
HTTP
URLs
supportsEditing inline editing of web pages
supportsProtocol file://
http://
targetUser researchers at CERN
userInterfaceType graphical user interface
usesConcept client–server model
hyperlinks

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
WorldWideWeb
laterName
Google Pixel
predecessorBrand

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