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 Definitions for browser: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Browser \Brows"er\ (brouz"[~e]r), n.
1. An animal that browses.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Computers) a computer program that permits the user to
view multiple electronic documents in a flexible sequence
by the process of activating hypertext "buttons" within
one document, which serves as a reference to the location
of related document. The term is currently (late 1990's)
used mostly for programs which allow traversing hypertext
paths in documents on the internet. A typical browser will
permit the user to easily reverse direction, and view
again documents previously accessed.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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browser
n 1: a viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything
in particular
2: a program used to view HTML documents [syn: web browser]
Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
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browser n. A program specifically designed to help users view and
navigate hypertext, on-line documentation, or a database. While this
general sense has been present in jargon for a long time, the
proliferation of browsers for the World Wide Web after 1992 has made it
much more popular and provided a central or default techspeak meaning of
the word previously lacking in hacker usage. Nowadays, if someone
mentions using a `browser' without qualification, one may assume it is a
Web browser.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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browser
A program which allows a person to read
hypertext. The browser gives some means of viewing the
contents of nodes (or "pages") and of navigating from one
node to another.
Netscape Navigator, NCSA Mosaic, Lynx, and W3 are
examples for browsers for the {World-Wide Web}. They act as
clients to remote web servers.
(1996-05-31)
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