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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Web browser first used in 2003
A
Netscape
B
Internet Explorer
C
Safari
D
Google Chrome
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Safari was introduced in Mac OS X Panther in January 2003. It was included with the iPhone since the latter’s first generation, which came out in 2007. At that time, Safari was the fastest browser on the Mac. Between 2007 and 2012, Apple maintained a Windows version, but abandoned it due to low market share.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first web browser-or browser-editor rather-was called WorldWideWeb as, after all, when it was written in 1990 it was the only way to see the web. Much later it was renamed Nexus in order to save confusion between the program and the abstract information space (which is now spelled World Wide Web with spaces).

Detailed explanation-3: -Browser Timeline 1990 – The WorldWideWeb (not to be confused with the World Wide Web) was the first browser ever created by W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee, then renamed Nexus to differentiate from the actual World Wide Web.

Detailed explanation-4: -Many versions of web browsers have come and gone, but the features we associate with modern web browsers are from Netscape Navigator, which was built on the foundations of Mosaic. While it wasn’t the very first, Netscape was the earliest widely-used browser, setting an industry standard.

Detailed explanation-5: -…the release in 1993 of Mosaic, which used “point-and-click” graphical manipulations and was the first browser to display both text and images on a single page. The team behind Mosaic created Netscape Navigator, which was optimized for home users browsing at the slow speeds of dial-up modems.

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