<s>
WebDNA	B-Language
is	O
a	O
server-side	B-Language
scripting	I-Language
,	O
interpreted	B-Application
language	I-Application
with	O
an	O
embedded	O
database	O
system	O
,	O
specifically	O
designed	O
for	O
the	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebDNA	B-Language
is	O
currently	O
maintained	O
by	O
WebDNA	B-Language
Software	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebDNA	B-Language
contains	O
a	O
RAM-resident	O
database	O
system	O
(	O
Hybrid	O
In-memory	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
)	O
that	O
has	O
searching	O
and	O
editing	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
resilient	O
and	O
persistent	O
backup	O
of	O
the	O
RAM	B-General_Concept
databases	I-General_Concept
is	O
maintained	O
to	O
disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebDNA	B-Language
code	O
can	O
interweave	O
with	O
css	O
,	O
html/html5	O
and	O
js/ajax	O
,	O
allowing	O
to	O
mix	O
layout	O
with	O
programming	O
and	O
server-side	O
with	O
client-side	O
scripting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebDNA	B-Language
is	O
made	O
up	O
of	O
a	O
syntax	O
that	O
uses	O
square	O
brackets	O
("["	O
"	O
]	O
"	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
English	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
</s>
<s>
Most	O
WebDNA	B-Language
tags	O
,	O
contexts	O
and	O
commands	O
follow	O
similar	O
conventions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WebDNA	B-Language
syntax	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
simple	O
format	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
WebDNA	B-Language
instructions	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
two	O
types	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
single	O
key	O
surrounded	O
by	O
square	O
brackets	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
 [ ipaddress ] 	O
(	O
the	O
I.P.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Grant	O
Hulbert	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
Pacific	O
Coast	O
Software	O
founders	O
,	O
WebCatalog	O
(	O
now	O
WebDNA	B-Language
)	O
began	O
as	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
C	B-Language
macros	I-Language
to	O
help	O
accomplish	O
website	O
graphical	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
WebDNA	B-Language
evolved	O
into	O
a	O
general-purpose	O
server-side	B-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
special-purpose	O
server-side	B-Language
language	I-Language
designed	O
to	O
help	O
create	O
web	O
pages	O
that	O
sold	O
stock	O
photography	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
"	O
WebCatalog	O
"	O
referred	O
to	O
the	O
entire	O
product	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
term	O
"	O
WebDNA	B-Language
"	O
referred	O
to	O
the	O
scripting	O
syntax	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
the	O
year	O
2000	O
,	O
WebCatalog	O
and	O
Pacific	O
Coast	O
Software	O
were	O
purchased	O
by	O
Smith	O
Micro	O
Software	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
Smith	O
Micro	O
Software	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
then	O
changed	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
WebCatalog	O
to	O
WebDNA	B-Language
,	O
which	O
at	O
that	O
point	O
became	O
a	O
name	O
that	O
referenced	O
all	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
WebDNA	B-Language
version	O
4.0	O
and	O
ending	O
with	O
version	O
6.0a	O
,	O
the	O
years	O
1999	O
to	O
2004	O
were	O
very	O
active	O
years	O
for	O
WebDNA	B-Language
and	O
the	O
scripting	O
language	O
was	O
adopted	O
by	O
many	O
national	O
and	O
international	O
names	O
,	O
including	O
Disney	O
,	O
Chrysler	O
,	O
Kodak	O
,	O
Ben	O
and	O
Jerry	O
's	O
,	O
the	O
Pillsbury	O
Dough	O
Boy	O
Shop	O
,	O
the	O
NCAA	O
Final	O
Four	O
and	O
the	O
Museum	O
of	O
Television	O
and	O
Radio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
during	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
language	O
gained	O
contemporary	O
tools	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
 [ function ] 	O
and	O
[scope],	O
that	O
lend	O
themselves	O
to	O
Modular	B-Architecture
programming	I-Architecture
and	O
Structured	B-Language
programming	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
2005	O
to	O
2008	O
,	O
for	O
perhaps	O
various	O
reasons	O
including	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
Smith	O
Micro	O
Software	O
with	O
other	O
products	O
,	O
WebDNA	B-Language
users	O
began	O
to	O
lose	O
support	O
from	O
Smith	O
Micro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebDNA	B-Language
lost	O
users	O
against	O
free	O
solutions	O
like	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
MySQL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ultimately	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
WebDNA	B-Language
who	O
revived	O
the	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2008	O
,	O
they	O
formed	O
together	O
and	O
organized	O
to	O
establish	O
WebDNA	B-Language
Software	O
Corporation	O
(	O
WSC	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WSC	O
purchased	O
the	O
intellectual	O
property	O
that	O
is	O
WebDNA	B-Language
,	O
and	O
in	O
2009	O
,	O
WSC	O
released	O
a	O
new	O
WebDNA	B-Language
version	O
6.2	O
(	O
Cicada	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2011	O
,	O
a	O
FastCGI	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
WebDNA	B-Language
Engine	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
offering	O
compatibility	O
for	O
non-Apache	O
installations	O
,	O
changes	O
the	O
scope	O
of	O
WebDNA	B-Language
from	O
a	O
server-wide	O
application	O
,	O
to	O
a	O
domain	O
name-specific	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
means	O
that	O
a	O
website	O
owner	O
can	O
now	O
more	O
easily	O
install	O
WebDNA	B-Language
specifically	O
for	O
one	O
domain	O
,	O
without	O
affecting	O
other	O
domains	O
that	O
may	O
reside	O
on	O
the	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
