Netscape Navigator
Early web explorer
Netscape Navigator was a pioneering web browser that dominated the early commercial internet in the mid-1990s.
Released by Netscape Communications Corporation in 1994, it was the first browser widely adopted by ordinary computer users and helped popularize the World Wide Web.
Navigator's rapid rise and subsequent defeat by Microsoft's Internet Explorer in the "browser wars" became a landmark antitrust case.
The name now serves as shorthand for the dawn of mainstream internet use.
Of the Torah's author
- early adopterFirst purchaser of innovations
- first moverOne acting before others
- IPOFirst public stock offering
- dot-com boomNineties internet investment surge
Web encryption protocol
- JavaScriptWeb programming language
- HTTP cookiesBrowser-stored site data
- HTML editorWebpage markup writing tool
- plug-inSupplementary software component
encryption · cross-platform · platform-independent · web standards · HTTPS · frames · animated GIF
Riding waves standing up
- hyperlinkClickable reference to another page
- bookmarkLocation saver for pages
- URLWeb location identifier
- homepageSite's main entry
toolbar · back button · address bar · history · refresh · cache · download · throbber
No longer available
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- defunctNo longer existing
- deprecatedFormally advised against using
- bygoneOf earlier times
relic · abandoned · Internet Explorer · Mozilla · Firefox · legacy · sunset · displacement
Mosaic
Of the Torah's author
- early adopterFirst purchaser of innovations
- first moverOne acting before others
- IPOFirst public stock offering
SSL
Web encryption protocol
- JavaScriptWeb programming language
- HTTP cookiesBrowser-stored site data
- HTML editorWebpage markup writing tool
plug-in · encryption · cross-platform · platform-independent · web standards · HTTPS · frames · animated GIF
surfing
Riding waves standing up
- hyperlinkClickable reference to another page
- bookmarkLocation saver for pages
- URLWeb location identifier
homepage · toolbar · back button · address bar · history · refresh · cache · download · throbber · meteor shower
discontinued
No longer available
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- defunctNo longer existing
- deprecatedFormally advised against using
bygone · relic · abandoned · Internet Explorer · Mozilla · Firefox · legacy · sunset · displacement
- retro softwareMS-DOS, WordPerfect, Windows 3.1, Norton, BASIC
- 1996Dolly the sheep, Independence Day, Twister, Mission Impossible, Jerry Maguire
Netscape NavigatorGoogle Chrome
Internet navigation application
Safari · Microsoft Edge · Brave · Firefox · Vivaldi
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