Mosaic (web browser)

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graphical web browser software web browser

Mosaic was one of the first widely used graphical web browsers, instrumental in popularizing the World Wide Web in the early 1990s.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Mosaic 0
Mosaic web browser 4
Mosaic web browser concepts 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf graphical web browser ⓘ
software ⓘ
web browser ⓘ
basedOn World Wide Web protocols developed at CERN ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
creator Eric Bina ⓘ
Marc Andreessen ⓘ
developer National Center for Supercomputing Applications ⓘ
surface form: NCSA

National Center for Supercomputing Applications ⓘ
developerOrganization University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ
developerUnit National Center for Supercomputing Applications ⓘ
surface form: National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
developmentLocation Urbana, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Urbana, Illinois
discontinuationYear 1997 ⓘ
discontinued true ⓘ
distributionMethod download over the Internet ⓘ
genre web browser ⓘ
inceptionYear 1992 ⓘ
influenced Internet Explorer ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Internet Explorer

Netscape Navigator ⓘ
web browser design ⓘ
initialReleaseDate 1993-01-23 ⓘ
license proprietary software license ⓘ
notableFeature inline display of images with text ⓘ
point-and-click hypertext navigation ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first widely used graphical web browsers ⓘ
popularizing the World Wide Web ⓘ
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
programmingLanguage C ⓘ
releaseYear 1993 ⓘ
screenshotCapability true ⓘ
shortDescription early graphical web browser developed at NCSA that helped popularize the World Wide Web ⓘ
status historical software ⓘ
successor Netscape Navigator ⓘ
supportedFormat GIF ⓘ
HTML ⓘ
JPEG ⓘ
supportedProtocol FTP ⓘ
Gopher ⓘ
HTTP ⓘ
supportsBookmarks true ⓘ
supportsHyperlinks true ⓘ
supportsMultipleWindows true ⓘ
targetAudience general public ⓘ
userInterface graphical user interface ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Netscape Navigator → basedOn → Mosaic (web browser) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mosaic web browser concepts
Marc Andreessen → coCreated → Mosaic (web browser) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mosaic web browser
Marc → coCreated → Mosaic (web browser) ⓘ
subject surface form: Marc Andreessen
this entity surface form: Mosaic web browser
this entity surface form: NCSA Mosaic
WorldWideWeb (web browser) → influenced → Mosaic (web browser) ⓘ
subject surface form: WorldWideWeb
Marc Andreessen → notableWork → Mosaic (web browser) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mosaic web browser
Marc → notableWork → Mosaic (web browser) ⓘ
subject surface form: Marc Andreessen
this entity surface form: Mosaic web browser