WorldWideWeb (web browser)

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HTML editor WYSIWYG editor historical web client software application web browser

WorldWideWeb was the first web browser and editor, created in 1990 as the original client for navigating and editing content on the World Wide Web.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
WorldWideWeb 3
WorldWideWeb (Nexus) browser-editor 1
WorldWideWeb (first web browser) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf HTML editor ⓘ
WYSIWYG editor ⓘ
historical web client ⓘ
software application ⓘ
web browser ⓘ
capability browse remote servers ⓘ
create hyperlinks ⓘ
edit web pages ⓘ
follow hyperlinks ⓘ
format text with basic styles ⓘ
save documents locally ⓘ
view web pages ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Switzerland ⓘ
creatorAffiliation CERN ⓘ
developer CERN ⓘ
Tim Berners-Lee ⓘ
distributionModel free software ⓘ
documentation described in early CERN web documentation ⓘ
firstDemonstrated 1990 ⓘ
firstReleaseLocation CERN ⓘ
genre graphical web browser ⓘ
hasReconstruction modern recreations and demos ⓘ
historicalStatus no longer maintained ⓘ
inception 1990 ⓘ
influenced Mosaic (web browser) ⓘ
NCSA HTTPd ecosystem ⓘ
early web browser design ⓘ
laterName Nexus ⓘ
notableFor being the first web browser ⓘ
being the first web editor ⓘ
being the original client for the World Wide Web ⓘ
operatingSystem OPENSTEP ⓘ
surface form: NeXTSTEP
originalName WorldWideWeb (web browser) self-link ⓘ
surface form: WorldWideWeb
platform NeXT Inc. ⓘ
surface form: NeXT Computer
programmingLanguage Objective-C ⓘ
publicRelease 1991 ⓘ
reasonForNameChange to avoid confusion with the World Wide Web itself ⓘ
relatedTo CERN httpd ⓘ
World Wide Web ⓘ
runsOnHardware NeXT Inc. ⓘ
surface form: NeXT workstation
sourceCodeAvailability source code released by CERN ⓘ
supports HTML ⓘ
HTTP ⓘ
URLs ⓘ
hyperlinks ⓘ
inline image display via external viewer ⓘ
userInterface graphical user interface ⓘ
usesNetworkProtocol HTTP over TCP/IP ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Tim Berners-Lee → developed → WorldWideWeb (web browser) ⓘ
NeXTSTEP → notableApplicationDevelopedOn → WorldWideWeb (web browser) ⓘ
this entity surface form: WorldWideWeb (first web browser)
Nexus → originalName → WorldWideWeb (web browser) ⓘ
this entity surface form: WorldWideWeb
WorldWideWeb (web browser) → originalName → WorldWideWeb (web browser) self-link ⓘ
subject surface form: WorldWideWeb
this entity surface form: WorldWideWeb
Enquire (software) → preceded → WorldWideWeb (web browser) ⓘ
this entity surface form: WorldWideWeb (Nexus) browser-editor
Nexus → renamedFrom → WorldWideWeb (web browser) ⓘ
this entity surface form: WorldWideWeb