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Also known as Nexus

WorldWideWeb (later renamed Nexus to avoid confusion between the software and the World Wide Web) is the first web browser and web page editor. It was discontinued in 1994. It was the first WYSIWYG HTML editor.

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Software.name
WorldWideWeb
Software.logo
WorldWideWeb Icon.png
Software.caption
WorldWideWeb, 1994
Software.developer
Tim Berners-Lee for CERN
Software.discontinued
yes
Software.programming language
Objective-C
Software.operating system
NeXTSTEP
Software.language
English
Software.genre
Web browser, Web authoring tool
Software.license
Public-domain software

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Commons category
WorldWideWeb
software version identifier
0.17
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WorldWideWeb (later renamed Nexus to avoid confusion between the software and the World Wide Web) is the first web browser and web page editor. It was discontinued in 1994. It was the first WYSIWYG HTML editor.

The source code was released into the public domain on 30 April 1993.

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