web browser

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwɛbˌbɹaʊ.zə(ɹ)/
  • Hyphenation: web brows‧er
  • Audio (Canada):(file)

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web browser (plural web browsers)

  1. (Internet) A computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web, chiefly by viewing web pages and following hyperlinks.
    Synonym: browser
    • 2001, Beth Brown, Bruce Presley, Elaine Malfas, A Guide to Web Authoring Using Microsoft FrontPage 2000, Lawrenceville Press, →ISBN:
      A web browser interprets an HTML document to display a web page. Popular web browsers are Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator.

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