Web Browser
Our Definition
A software application that allows one to navigate the World Wide Web by locating and displaying web pages. In addition to graphic and text-based documents, most web browsers can also present multimedia information through the use of plug-ins.
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Sources and Online Definitions
"[Browser] Short for Web browser, a software application used to locate and display Web pages. . . In addition (to graphics and text), most modern browsers can present multimedia information, including sound and video, though they require plug-ins for some formats."
Smart Computing
"Software that gives access to and navigation of the World Wide Web. Using a graphical interface that lets users click buttons, icons, and menu options to access commands, browsers show Web pages as graphical or text-based documents."
Comments (2)
Anonymous said
at 10:06 pm on Jan 26, 2008
If someone wanted to add the definition for "plug-ins" and link the two pages, that would be a nice addition to this definition.
Anonymous said
at 9:57 pm on Jan 31, 2008
I teach a basic computer/internet class to Vietnamese parents, and I always have a hard time defining what a web browser is to them. This is a great definition that I should use. Thanks!
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