Internet Archive Wayback Machine

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Internet_Archive_Wayback_Machine
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf web archiving service
gptkbp:access free
gptkbp:API available
gptkbp:archiveType over 800 billion web pages (as of 2024)
gptkbp:category gptkb:Internet_search_engines
Digital preservation
Web archiving
gptkbp:citation frequently cited in academic and legal contexts
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Brewster_Kahle
gptkbp:fundedBy grants
donations
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Internet Archive Wayback Machine
gptkbp:interface gptkb:REST_API
web-based
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:launchDate 2001
gptkbp:legalIssue subject to copyright takedown requests
gptkbp:location gptkb:San_Francisco,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:logo Wayback Machine logo.svg
gptkbp:mediaCoverage featured in The New York Times
featured in Wired
featured in The Guardian
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Wayback_Machine
gptkbp:notableEvent added Save Page Now feature in 2013
launched public beta in 2001
expanded to over 800 billion captures by 2024
gptkbp:notableFor preserving internet history
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Internet_Archive
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Internet_Archive
gptkbp:preserves defunct websites
deleted web pages
historical versions of websites
gptkbp:purpose archiving web pages
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:National_Digital_Information_Infrastructure_and_Preservation_Program
gptkb:Internet_Archive
gptkb:Archive-It
gptkbp:screenshotService available
gptkbp:status active
gptkbp:technology gptkb:Heritrix
web crawler
gptkbp:type digital media
web pages
websites
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:researchers
general public
journalists
gptkbp:website https://web.archive.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:archive.org
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6