CIT's Advanced Applications group designed and distributed the Princeton News Network (PNN) in 1990. In 1993-4, the University consolidated access to University and worldwide information through the use of Gopher. Mosaic (Netscape soon thereafter) and the World Wide Web emerged as the University's standard in 1994.
| year | know about , used |
Male | Female | AB | BSE |
| 1989 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| 1990 | 28% , 11% | 31% , 13% | 22% , 7% | 22% , 7% | 51% , 26% |
| 1991 | 43% , 21% | 46% , 24% | 39% , 14% | 37% , 14% | 63% , 44% |
| 1992 | 53% , 28% | 61% , 36% | 41% , 16% | 51% , 41% | 65% , 52% |
| 1993 | 58% , 33% | 62% , 40% | 52% , 24% | 55% , 29% | 69% , 50% |
| 1994 | 79% , 61% | 85% , 68% | 72% , 50% | 75% , 54% | 93% , 83% |
| 1995 | 84% , 73% | 84% , 79% | 84% , 65% | 84% , 70% | 84% , 81% |