Netscape
Early web navigator
Netscape was a pioneering web browser company in the 1990s, responsible for Netscape Navigator—the dominant browser before Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
The company's 1995 IPO helped launch the dot-com boom.
Netscape became shorthand for early internet culture: Back in the Netscape days, you had to wait five minutes for a page to load.
The browser faded after the "browser wars" with Microsoft.
Branded product name
- MozillaBrowser nonprofit, privacy-focused
- FirefoxMozilla's web navigator
- AOLEarly internet provider
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
Silicon Valley · startup · IPO · logo · corporate · antitrust · Internet Explorer · market share
Branded product name
- internetInterconnected computer systems
- surfingRiding waves standing up
- hyperlinkClickable reference to another page
- bookmarkLocation saver for pages
homepage · URL · cookies · plugin · JavaScript · HTML · webpage · search engine
No longer in use
- defunctNo longer existing
- discontinuedNo longer available
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- deprecatedFormally advised against using
relic · bygone · pioneering · trailblazer · open source · historical · vintage · nostalgic
Web-based commercial enterprise
- IPOFirst public stock offering
- NASDAQElectronic securities exchange
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- boomLoud deep sound
burst · crash · overvaluation · stock market · investors · venture capital · 1999 · euphoria
Navigator
Branded product name
acquisition · Silicon Valley · startup · IPO · logo · corporate · antitrust · Internet Explorer · market share · Microsoft
Navigator
Branded product name
- internetInterconnected computer systems
- surfingRiding waves standing up
- hyperlinkClickable reference to another page
bookmark · homepage · URL · cookies · plugin · JavaScript · HTML · webpage · search engine · online
obsolete
No longer in use
- defunctNo longer existing
- discontinuedNo longer available
- supersededReplaced by something newer
deprecated · relic · bygone · pioneering · trailblazer · open source · historical · vintage · nostalgic · remembered
dot-com
Web-based commercial enterprise
- IPOFirst public stock offering
- NASDAQElectronic securities exchange
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
boom · burst · crash · overvaluation · stock market · investors · venture capital · 1999 · euphoria · market correction
- defunct techAIM, GeoCities, Google+, Myspace, Napster
- Mac SoftwareMacPaint, FileMaker, PageMaker, Eudora, Oregon Trail
- 90s TechWindows 95, Windows 98, dial-up, AOL, ICQ
- browsersFirefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, Brave, Vivaldi
- Defunct BrandsPan Am, Enron, Woolworth's, Circuit City, RadioShack
- Mid-90sWindows 95, Friends, Toy Story, ER, Braveheart
- Netscape NavigatorEarly commercial web browser