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		dboyd on Oct 18, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: IMDb Turns 19. Yes, 19. Older Than The Web Brows... Just to add a couple facts to the context of IMDb being older than the browser... According to http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/history/fbrowser.html the first web browser prototype was developed in late 1990/early 1991. Mosaic was released in March of 1993.

ugh on Oct 18, 2009 [–]

The extremely short time scales involved in www history always amaze me. Was there any other invention in human history that was so widely used in such a short time?

_csoo on Oct 18, 2009 | [–]

www history isn't as interesting as Internet history or computer history.

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