Cunningham Township in Urbana in Champaign County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Web Browser

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 28, 2023

1. Web Browser Marker

Inscription. Mosaic, the first popular graphical browser for the World Wide Web, was created by Marc L. Andreessen and Eric J. Bina at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications [NCSA]. Upon its 1993 release to the public, Mosaic gave internet users easy access to multimedia sources of information. Web browsers have transformed the exchange of information.

Erected by University of Illinois.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Science & Medicine. In addition, it is included in the University of Illinois series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1993.

Location. 40° 6.878′ N, 88° 13.506′ W. Marker is in Urbana, Illinois, in Champaign County. It is in Cunningham Township. It can be reached from the intersection of North Mathews Avenue and West Main Street, on the right when traveling north. Marker is at the south entrance to the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Urbana IL 61801, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Illinois.

It is

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also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Early Computers (approx. 0.2 miles away); Computer-Based Education (approx. 0.2 miles away); Multiphase Fluid Dynamics (approx. ¼ mile away); Quantum-Well Laser (approx. ¼ mile away); Theory of Superconductivity (approx. ¼ mile away); Superfluidity (approx. ¼ mile away); Sound on Film (approx. 0.3 miles away); Natural History Building (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Urbana.

Also see . . .
1. NCSA Mosaic. NCSA Mosaic broke out in a way that no previous browser had even begun to. (National Center for Supercomputing Applications) (Submitted on June 14, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

2. Web Browser. Short video elaborating on the marker subject. (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 28, 2023

2. Web Browser Marker

(Submitted on June 14, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Credits. This page was last revised on July 20, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 8, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 366 times since then and 79 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 8, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

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