Mosaic (web browser)

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graphical web browser software web browser

Mosaic was one of the first widely used graphical web browsers, instrumental in popularizing the World Wide Web in the early 1990s.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Mosaic web browser	9
Mosaic (web browser) canonical	1
Mosaic web browser concepts	1
NCSA Mosaic	1
NCSA Mosaic for Macintosh	1
NCSA Mosaic for Microsoft Windows	1
NCSA Mosaic for X	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T353926 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mosaic (web browser)
Context triple: [WorldWideWeb, influenced, Mosaic (web browser)]

A. Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox is a free, open-source web browser developed by Mozilla, known for its strong privacy features, customizability, and support for open web standards.
B. WorldWideWeb (web browser)
WorldWideWeb was the first web browser and editor, created in 1990 as the original client for navigating and editing content on the World Wide Web.
C. Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer is a discontinued web browser that was once the dominant way to access the web on Windows computers.
D. SpiderMonkey
SpiderMonkey is Mozilla's open-source JavaScript engine, written in C/C++ and used primarily in the Firefox web browser.
E. Columbus Platform
The Columbus Platform is a 1937 statement of principles that marked a major shift in Reform Judaism toward greater appreciation of Jewish peoplehood, tradition, and Zionism.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mosaic (web browser)
Target entity description: Mosaic was one of the first widely used graphical web browsers, instrumental in popularizing the World Wide Web in the early 1990s.

A. Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox is a free, open-source web browser developed by Mozilla, known for its strong privacy features, customizability, and support for open web standards.
B. WorldWideWeb (web browser)
WorldWideWeb was the first web browser and editor, created in 1990 as the original client for navigating and editing content on the World Wide Web.
C. Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer is a discontinued web browser that was once the dominant way to access the web on Windows computers.
D. SpiderMonkey
SpiderMonkey is Mozilla's open-source JavaScript engine, written in C/C++ and used primarily in the Firefox web browser.
E. Columbus Platform
The Columbus Platform is a 1937 statement of principles that marked a major shift in Reform Judaism toward greater appreciation of Jewish peoplehood, tradition, and Zionism.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	graphical web browser ⓘ software ⓘ web browser ⓘ
basedOn	World Wide Web protocols developed at CERN ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ
creator	Eric Bina ⓘ Marc Andreessen ⓘ
developer	NCSA ⓘ linked to: National Center for Supercomputing Applications National Center for Supercomputing Applications ⓘ
developerOrganization	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ
developerUnit	National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ linked to: National Center for Supercomputing Applications
developmentLocation	Urbana, Illinois ⓘ linked to: Urbana, Illinois, United States
discontinuationYear	1997 ⓘ
discontinued	true ⓘ
distributionMethod	download over the Internet ⓘ
genre	web browser ⓘ
inceptionYear	1992 ⓘ
influenced	Microsoft Internet Explorer ⓘ linked to: Internet Explorer Netscape Navigator ⓘ web browser design ⓘ
initialReleaseDate	1993-01-23 ⓘ
license	proprietary software license ⓘ
notableFeature	inline display of images with text ⓘ point-and-click hypertext navigation ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the first widely used graphical web browsers ⓘ popularizing the World Wide Web ⓘ
operatingSystem	Mac OS ⓘ linked to: macOS Microsoft Windows ⓘ linked to: Windows Unix ⓘ
platform	Classic Mac OS ⓘ Microsoft Windows ⓘ linked to: Windows X Window System ⓘ linked to: X11
programmingLanguage	C ⓘ
releaseYear	1993 ⓘ
screenshotCapability	true ⓘ
shortDescription	early graphical web browser developed at NCSA that helped popularize the World Wide Web ⓘ
status	historical software ⓘ
successor	Netscape Navigator ⓘ
supportedFormat	GIF ⓘ HTML ⓘ JPEG ⓘ
supportedProtocol	FTP ⓘ Gopher ⓘ HTTP ⓘ
supportsBookmarks	true ⓘ
supportsHyperlinks	true ⓘ
supportsMultipleWindows	true ⓘ
targetAudience	general public ⓘ
userInterface	graphical user interface ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

WorldWideWeb → influenced → Mosaic (web browser) ⓘ

subject linked to: WorldWideWeb (web browser)

Marc Andreessen → notableWork → Mosaic web browser ⓘ