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Where
did research on the first web browser, Mosaic, develop?
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Before
web browsers, what did the Internet look like?
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What
future computer technology is NSF currently funding?
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WEB
BROWSERS
Web
browsers, such as Internet Explorer and Netscape, emerged from NSF-funded
research at theNational
Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign
(UIUC).
The funding came from NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering's
(CISE) Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure. Without
the NCSA infrastructure, web browsers might not have happened or be what
they are today.
First browser
Today's web browsers are based on Mosaic, developed by a student at UIUC,
one of NSF's four original supercomputer facilities.Before
Mosaic, Internet communications were text only.
NSF funded web browser research at all of the former supercomputer centers
each year, and has done so especially since FY1992. In FY1994, an even
larger NSF grant ($306,000) for Mosaic deployment
on NSF pilot projects was awarded.
NSF
is investing in next-generation networking and in applications to take
advantage of advanced networking. The payoff from these investments will
make possible advances in all areas of science and engineering research
and education.
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