WorldWideWeb

:This article is about the first web browser. For the distributed hypertext system, see World Wide Web.

Related Topics:
Hypertext - World Wide Web

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WorldWideWeb was the world's first web browser and WYSIWYG HTML editor. It was introduced on February 26, 1991, by Tim Berners-Lee, and ran on the NeXTSTEP platform. It was later renamed Nexus to avoid confusion with the World Wide Web, also created by Berners-Lee.

Related Topics:
Web browser - WYSIWYG - HTML editor - February 26 - 1991 - Tim Berners-Lee - NeXTSTEP - World Wide Web

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WorldWideWeb was the first program which used not only the common File Transfer Protocol but also the Hypertext Transfer Protocol, invented by Berners-Lee in 1989. At the time it was written, WorldWideWeb was the only way to view the Web.

Related Topics:
File Transfer Protocol - Hypertext Transfer Protocol - 1989

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