Mosaic

A web browser popular before the introduction of Netscape and Internet Explorer.

An organism or part of an organism that is composed of cells with different origin.

Software used to access resources on the Internet. The Mosaic project has been conducted by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) in Illinois to provide a single front-end or user interface to many information services. The goal is to present the query to, and results from, each of these different information resources in a similar way to minimize the number of "systems" one must be familiar with to successfully navigate the Internet. Mosaic relies on the existence of servers; it does not serve information of its own. Mosaic client software exists for X Windows, Macintosh, and Microsoft Windows. Computers must be connected to the Internet to use Mosaic.