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How CompuServe's indexed-color GIF format used LZW compression, grew through GIF89a extensions, and became a practical web animation format.
How Marc Andreessen, Eric Bina, and NCSA turned existing Web ideas into an installable graphical browser, then helped create the conditions for Netscape.
A retrospective news analysis of Java 1.0's January 1996 release, applets and HotJava, bytecode portability, security limits, APIs, and lasting impact.
What CERN's April 30, 1993 declaration actually released, how it differed from later open licensing, and why software rights mattered to the Web's growth.