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On my computer,What is my browser? And what does it do?

Whats a Browser?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    On your computer you don't have any browser. Browsers could be specific to OS, if that is what you mean. There can be numerous different types of browsers. Browsers can be present by default in the OS, like file browser or Internet browser. Apart from this you can install third party browsers, like ftp browser or a code browser.

    browser in computer science- a user interface that allows navigation of objects with a connecting structure

    * Web browser, used to access the World Wide Web

    * Wiki browser, for reading articles from Wikipedia using computer program

    * File browser, for managing files and related objects

    * Help browser, for reading online help

    * Code browser, for navigating the source code of a computer program

    In case you are particularly interested about web browser

    A web browser is a software application that enables a user to display and interact with text, images, and other information typically located on a web page at a website on the World Wide Web or a local area network.

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    Source(s): List of web browsers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_web_browsers
  • 1 decade ago

    The browser is the program on the computer that allows you to view web pages. Most likely, you will have Internet Explorer.

    There are other browsers though, like Mozilla Firefox, Netscape, Opera, AOL Explorer.. among a few others..

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    What Is My Browser

  • 1 decade ago

    A browser is the program you use to surf *look at* the web...like the program you're using now to view yahoo...that takes the information and formats it on your screen so you can read or watch it :)

    some of the major players are Internet Explorer (IE), FireFox (FF), Opera and Safari there are also other varities for cell phone, PDAs and whatnot that format the information to those specific devices

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  • 1 decade ago

    It is software that allows you to move around on the Internet. Computers come equipped with either IE or Netscape browsers. You can also use Firefox and Opera. Just download them.

  • 5 years ago

    I have yahoo mail but it is so-o-o slow and my browser address that comes up is mg4 how do I change that to mg6

  • 6 years ago

    my online bank act. is saying my browser is locked. how do I unlock it?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Great question, and best answered, at http://mozilla.org/ and http://getfirefox.com/

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