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A Web Browser is a type of software that retrieves and presents information resources on the internet. The information resource can be text, image, sound, video, or other type of content. In a simple way, we can describe a web browser as a type of software that we use to ‘surf’ the internet. These are some examples of web browsers, each with their own plus and minuses: - Microsoft Internet Explorer - Firefox - Opera - Safari - Google Chrome What is a web browser? What is a web server? What is a home page? What are HTML and XHTML? What are Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)? What is a website? What are web pages? What is a URL? What is a domain name? What is a hyperlink? What is hypertext? What does WWW stand for? What is the World Wide Web? What is the Internet? What is an Intranet? What are FTP and SFTP? What is HTTPS? What is SSL? What is TLS? What is HTTP? What is a firewall? What are browser plug-ins? What are spyware and adware? What is ActiveX? What is DNS? What is an IP address? What is a dynamic IP address? What is a static IP address? What is Flash? What is JavaScript? What is Java? What is a secure site? What is "caching?" What is a proxy server? What are the top-level domains? What is a search engine? What is World Wide Web accessibility? What are HTML templates? What is a blog? What is XML? What is RSS? What is an RSS aggregator? What is Gopher? What are MIME types? What is phishing? What are bookmarks and favorites? What is the difference between the World Wide Web and the Internet? What is AJAX? What does .com stand for? What does .edu stand for? What does .org stand for? What does .net stand for? What does .mil stand for? What does .gov stand for? What is the difference between a web browser and a web server? What is SVG? What is Canvas? What is a video podcast? What is a podcast? What are HTTP "cookies?" What is a protocol? What does IP stand for? What is TCP/IP? What is an SSL certificate? What does 404 Not Found mean? What does 401 Unauthorized mean? What does 403 Forbidden mean? What is a UseNet newsgroup? What is a CAPTCHA? What is the difference between a web browser and a search engine? What is streaming audio? What is MP3? What is PHP? What are ASP and ASP.NET? What is an ISP? Why is my web browser broken? Why is my modem so slow? Why can't I reach my favorite website? Why do web pages load so slowly? Why do images look bad on my computer? Why can't I play games on web pages? A website says I have spyware, is it true? Why can I only have one browser window at a time? How do I fix a "no XLB binding for browser" error? How do I access the World Wide Web? Which is the fastest web browser? Is it safe to install Firefox? Can I still use Internet Explorer after I install Firefox? How do I know what proxy server I am supposed to use? I found a cool web page but I lost it. How do I get back to it? How can I protect my kids on the Internet? Why can't I access Internet Options in Internet Explorer? Why does Firefox want me to install a plug-in I already have? How can I configure my web browser to accept or reject cookies? Do I need Java and JavaScript? Should I update Java? How do I change my home page? Why doesn't View Source work in Internet Explorer? How do I restrict access to Internet Explorer so that only certain sites can be visited? Why do I see a blue QuickTime question mark instead of Flash movies? How do I stop pages from resizing or moving my browser window? I have more than one computer. Do I need more than one IP address? How do I share my Internet connection with more than one computer? I have DSL. Why did my connection suddenly get slow and unreliable? What happens if my browser cache isn't big enough? How do I install Firefox without using Internet Explorer? Can I remove old versions of Java without breaking Java? Why is my web browser broken? Why is my modem so slow? Why can't I reach my favorite website? Why do web pages load so slowly? Why do images look bad on my computer? Why can't I play games on web pages? A website says I have spyware, is it true? Why can I only have one browser window at a time? How do I fix a "no XLB binding for browser" error? How do I access the World Wide Web? Which is the fastest web browser? Is it safe to install Firefox? Can I still use Internet Explorer after I install Firefox? How do I know what proxy server I am supposed to use? I found a cool web page but I lost it. How do I get back to it? How can I protect my kids on the Internet? Why can't I access Internet Options in Internet Explorer? Why does Firefox want me to install a plug-in I already have? How can I configure my web browser to accept or reject cookies? Do I need Java and JavaScript? Should I update Java? How do I change my home page? Why doesn't View Source work in Internet Explorer? How do I restrict access to Internet Explorer so that only certain sites can be visited? Why do I see a blue QuickTime question mark instead of Flash movies? How do I stop pages from resizing or moving my browser window? I have more than one computer. Do I need more than one IP address? How do I share my Internet connection with more than one computer? I have DSL. Why did my connection suddenly get slow and unreliable? What happens if my browser cache isn't big enough? How do I install Firefox without using Internet Explorer? Can I remove old versions of Java without breaking Java? What was the first web browser? Where was the World Wide Web invented? When was the World Wide Web invented? Who invented the World Wide Web? Why was the World Wide Web invented? Why was the Internet invented? Who invented the Internet? What was the first website? Did the World Wide Web drive the growth of the Internet? What will the Web be like in the future? http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/browser/ http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/definitions/index.html |