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Web Browsers

A web browser is a software application that allows users to access information on the World Wide Web by retrieving content from web servers. Google Chrome is the most popular browser with a 63% market share, followed by Safari at 19%. Key features of browsers include multiple page viewing, navigation buttons, refresh options, and address/search bars.

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Web Browsers

A web browser is a software application that allows users to access information on the World Wide Web by retrieving content from web servers. Google Chrome is the most popular browser with a 63% market share, followed by Safari at 19%. Key features of browsers include multiple page viewing, navigation buttons, refresh options, and address/search bars.

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WEB BROWSER

A web browser (commonly referred to as a browser) is a software


application for accessing information on the World Wide Web.
When a user requests a web page from a particular website, the
web browser retrieves the necessary content from a web server and
then displays the page on the user's device.
Web browsers are used on a range of devices,
including desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones.
The most used browser is Google Chrome, with a 63% global
market share on all devices, followed by Safari with 19%. Other
notable browsers include Firefox and Microsoft Edge.
The first web browser, called WorldWideWeb, was created in 1990
by Sir Tim Berners-Lee.

FUNCTION:

The purpose of a web browser is to fetch information resources


from the Web and display them on a user's device.
This process begins when the user inputs a Uniform Resource
Locator (URL), such as https://en.wikipedia.org/ , into the
browser. Virtually all URLs on the Web start with
either http: or https: which means the browser will retrieve them
with the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). In the case
of https: , the communication between the browser and the web
server is encrypted for the purposes of security and privacy.
FEATURES:
The most popular browsers have a number of features in common.

 Allow the user to open multiple pages at the same time, either
in different browser windows or in different tabs of the same
window.

 Back and forward buttons to go back to the previous page


visited or forward to the next one.

 A refresh or reload and a stop button to reload and cancel


loading the current page. (In most browsers, the stop button
is merged with the reload button).

 A home button to return to the user's home page.

 An address bar to input the URL of a page and display it.

 A search bar to input terms into a search engine. (In some


browsers, the search bar is merged with the address bar).

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