Launched in 1995 by the WorldWide Language Institute (WWLI), an
institute providing language instruction via the internet, NetGlos --
which stands for "Multilingual Glossary of Internet Terminology" - was
compiled as a voluntary, collaborative project by a number of
translators and other language professionals worldwide. In September
1998, NetGlos was available in the following languages: Chinese,
Croatian, English, Dutch/Flemish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew,
Italian, Maori, Norwegian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
1995 > The print press went online in the U.S.
The first electronic versions of print daily newspapers were available
in the early 1990s through commercial services like America Online and
CompuServe. In 1995, newspapers and magazines began offering websites
with a partial or full version of their latest issue - available freely
or through free or paid subscription - as well as online archives. For
example, the site of The New York Times site could be accessed free of
charge, with articles of the print newspaper, breaking news updated
every ten minutes, and original reporting only available online. The
site of The Washington Post gave the daily news online, with a full
database of articles including images, sound and video. The computer
press went logically online as well, including the monthly Wired,
created in 1992 in California to cover cyberculture as "the magazine of
the future at the avant-garde of the 21st century".