Para ahli umumna satuju yén titik balik pikeun World Wide Web dimimitian ku bubuka Mosaic web browser dina taun 1993, hiji browser grafis dikembangkeun ku tim di National Center for Supercomputing Applications di Universitas Illinois di Urbana<unk>Champaign (NCSA-UIUC), dipingpin ku Marc Andreessen. Pembiayaan pikeun Mosaic asalna ti US High-Performance Computing and Communications Initiative jeung High Performance Computing Act of 1991, salah sahiji tina sababaraha pamekaran komputasi anu diprakarsai ku Sénator AS Al Gore. Sateuacan sékrési Mosaic, grafik henteu umum dicampurkeun sareng téks dina halaman wéb sareng popularitas wéb sacara total kirang ti protokol anu langkung lami anu dianggo dina Internét, sapertos Gopher sareng Wide Area Web Information Servers (ISWIS). Antarmuka pangguna grafis Mosaic anu diidinan janten panyungsi wéb anu paling populér di buana, ku tim di National Center for Supercomputing Applications di Universitas Illinois di Urbana<unk>Champaign (NCSA-UIUC), dipimpin ku Marc Andreessen. Dana pikeun Mosaic asalna ti US High-Performance Computing and
taun 1994