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Type. Text-based web browser. License. GNU GPLv2. Website. lynx .invisible-island .net. Lynx is a customizable text-based web browser for use on cursor-addressable character cell terminals. [4] [5] As of 2024, it is the oldest web browser still being maintained, [6] having started in 1992.
Category. The World Wide Web ("WWW", "W3" or simply "the Web") is a global information medium that users can access via computers connected to the Internet. The term is often mistakenly used as a synonym for the Internet, but the Web is a service that operates over the Internet, just as email and Usenet do.
Four of the browsers compared— Lynx, w3m, Links, and ELinks —are designed for text mode, and can function in a terminal emulator. Eww is limited to working within Emacs. Links 2 has both a text-based user interface and a graphical user interface. w3m is, in addition to being a web browser, also a terminal pager. [6]
History of the web browser. A web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. It further provides for the capture or input of information which may be returned to the presenting system, then stored or processed as necessary. The method of accessing a particular page or ...
The Canada lynx ( Lynx canadensis ), or Canadian lynx, is a North American felid that ranges in forest and tundra regions [16] across Canada and into Alaska, as well as some parts of the northern United States. Historically, the Canadian lynx ranged from Alaska across Canada and into many of the northern U.S. states.
A web browser is an application for accessing websites. When a user requests a web page from a particular website, the browser retrieves its files from a web server and then displays the page on the user's screen. Browsers are used on a range of devices, including desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones.
Education. University of Kansas. Occupation. Computer programmer. Louis J. Montulli II (best known as Lou Montulli) is a computer programmer who is well known for his work in producing web browsers. In 1991 and 1992, he co-authored a text web browser called Lynx, with Michael Grobe and Charles Rezac, while he was at the University of Kansas. [1]
Mosaic (web browser) NCSA Mosaic was among the first widely available web browsers, instrumental in popularizing the World Wide Web and the general Internet by integrating multimedia such as text and graphics. [3] [4] [5] Mosaic was the first browser to display images inline with text (instead of a separate window).