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Mosaic
Also known as NCSA Mosaic, xmosaic
popular early web browser
Key facts
- Original authors
- Marc Andreessen Eric Bina
- Developer
- NCSA
- Initial release
- 0.5 / January 23, 1993 ; 33 years ago ( 1993-01-23 )
- Final release
- 3.0 / 7 January 1997 ; 29 years ago ( 7 January 1997 )
- Written in
- C
- Platform
- AmigaOS Classic Mac OS Unix OpenVMS OS/2 Microsoft Windows
- Available in
- English
- Type
- Web browser
- License
- Proprietary
- Website
- ncsa.uiuc.edu at the Wayback Machine (archived 1998-02-23)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
~15 min read
Article
NCSA Mosaic is a discontinued web browser that was instrumental in popularizing the World Wide Web and the general Internet during the 1990s. Although not the first web browser (preceded by WorldWideWeb, Erwise, and ViolaWWW), it was the first browser to display images inline with text instead of a separate window.
It supported various Internet protocols such as HTTP, FTP, NNTP, and Gopher. Its interface, reliability, personal computer support, and simple installation contributed to Mosaic's initial popularity.