Evolution of Web Browsers
Over the years, various people and groups have made dozens of innovation on web browsers. From the very first web browser used, programmers and researchers developed the very first web browser for commercial use. The continued development and research on web browsers is one of the factors that heavily contributed to the use and popularity of the Internet.
Several other web browsers were developed to answer niche requirements. The very first known web browser was completed on Christmas day of 1990 which was responsible for opening the World Wide Web to the physics community and from there the beginnings spread. From existing programming languages at that time, which were mostly machine readable, the programming for web browsers has evolved into a fusion of human and machine readable languages.
Source: livinginternet.com