It all started with the development of a graphical software program that gave rise to the notion of "surfing" (Netscape's). Netscape Communications can trace its roots to a group of science students working at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who turned a simply software program called 'Mosaic', into a platform that enabled non-technical computer users to access and retrieve information that was becoming more and more available on the worldwide web.
Founded in 1994, Netscape Communications Corporation provides a comprehensive line of client, server and integrated applications software for communications and commerce on the Internet and private Internet Protocol (IP) networks (Netscape's). A key feature that the company incorporated into the design of its software products was the use of an enhanced security code. This code provided the confidentiality that clients demanded to sell advertisements and most importantly, execute financial transactions over the Internet.
