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| − | A [[web browser]] (often known as a [[browser]]; hereinafter, the ''Browser'') is an [[end-user application]] that allows for browsing [[web document]]s published | + | A [[web browser]] (often known as a [[browser]]; hereinafter, the ''Browser'') is an [[end-user application]] that allows for browsing [[web document]]s published on the [[World Wide Web]]. To request the ''Browser'' display some [[website]], a user enters into the ''Browser'' the ''website's'' [[hostname]]. Then, the ''Browser'' utilizes [[DNS]] to locate the sought ''website'' in the [[World Wide Web]] and to get its [[landing page]]'s [[web document]] in order to display this ''webpage'' in the ''Browser''. |
Latest revision as of 15:34, 20 March 2023
A web browser (often known as a browser; hereinafter, the Browser) is an end-user application that allows for browsing web documents published on the World Wide Web. To request the Browser display some website, a user enters into the Browser the website's hostname. Then, the Browser utilizes DNS to locate the sought website in the World Wide Web and to get its landing page's web document in order to display this webpage in the Browser.
Browsers vs search engines
The Browsers are often confused with search engines because those two work in pair. For an end-user, a search engine is just any website that provides the user with other website's search-specific data that this search engine stores. The user no longer needs any search engine after he or she chooses which website they would like to access.
The market
- Google Chrome.
- Google Chromium.
- Apple Safari.
- Internet Explorer.
- Microsoft Edge.
- DuckDuckGo.
- Mozilla Firefox.
- Yandex Browser.
