Netscape
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- proper noun
- Archaic
- The first graphical web browser, Mosaic, had been formally released in 1993; Netscape followed in 1994.
- Netscape browser
- Netscape Navigator
- Netscape Communicator
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Watch on YouTubeMark was saying things boldly pre IPO like Netscape plus Java kills Windows, right?
- Mark was saying things boldly pre IPO like Netscape plus Java kills Windows, right?
- There was a Marc Andreessen quote from way back in his Netscape days.
- So it's just looking back to JavaScript and pretty Nike is Microsoft and Netscape and all these Internet browsers.
- It was renamed from SSL to TLS purely because Microsoft didn't want Netscape having dibs on the name essentially.
- We here's this browser, Netscape, it's slow, but you could potentially stream video.
- And when I read required reading in school, our junior year was this book called The New New Thing, kind of the Netscape saga, right?
- So was it, I want to say like Netscape or something like this and opening up the web browser and actually seeing web pages for like the first time?
- All three of the founders of Netscape had it like a go on and on kids.
- If financial aid you wish to get find yourself a gigapet, they have to use Netscape and fax machines.
- And then he hears an advertisement on the radio for I, I think it was maybe Netscape or one of the earliest, you know, Internet, whatever you call it.
Examples
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Andreesen led a programming team that developed a powerful new browser called Netscape and distributed it for free for non-commercial use.
Academic text (1995) -
We here's this browser, Netscape, it's slow, but you could potentially stream video.
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A similar program called Conference is part of the popular Internet browser Netscape Communicator 4.0.
Academic text (1999) -
We retrieved each thesis using either Netscape or Internet Explorer.
Academic text (2005) -
The first was Netscape's invention, this simple point and click device called a browser.
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Frames were initially introduced by Netscape Navigator 2 as a proprietary feature.
Blog text (24) -
The vast majority of users naturally prefer a graphical browser such as Netscape or Mosaic.
Academic text (1995) -
Graphical browsers such as Netscape and Mosaic are complicated to set up but powerful and easy to use.
Academic text (1995) -
Real-time data can then be displayed on Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, or other browsers.
Academic text (1998) -
In the 1990s, many users preferred Netscape for browsing the web due to its intuitive interface.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Netscape comes from two parts: net, short for the internet and meaning 'network', and scape, as in landscape meaning 'view'. So the name suggests a 'view of the internet', which fits a web browser that lets you look at websites.