Editing SlipKnot (web browser) (section)

==Browser==
SlipKnot version 1.0 was completed and released as [[shareware]] in November 1994, thus making
it the first purchasable browser on the market.  Its name is a play on the term '''[[slip knot]]''' (a type of knot) against '''SLIP''' (Serial Line Internet Protocol) – an early version of TCP/IP over modem lines – and '''not''' after the fact that, unlike Mosaic and Netscape browser offerings, a SLIP connection was '''not''' necessary to view graphical web content.{{clarify |date=September 2019}}{{citation needed |date=September 2019}}

SlipKnot was given the Best Communications Shareware Program of 1995 Award by [[Ziff-Davis]] and was runner-up for the Best Overall Shareware Program of 1995.

By mid-1996 when further development ceased, the majority of home internet users were able to obtain TCP/IP connections that were easy to install, and all new internet software development was dependent upon that protocol.