{"id":472,"date":"2013-11-21T11:07:23","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T17:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faq.clix.co\/?p=472"},"modified":"2013-11-21T11:07:23","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T17:07:23","slug":"what-is-a-browser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clix.co\/faq\/2013\/11\/21\/what-is-a-browser\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Browser?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0<b>web browser<\/b>\u00a0(commonly referred to as a\u00a0<b>browser<\/b>) is a\u00a0software application\u00a0for retrieving, presenting and traversing information resources on the\u00a0World Wide Web. An\u00a0<i>information resource<\/i>\u00a0is identified by a\u00a0Uniform Resource Identifier\u00a0(URI\/URL) and may be a\u00a0web page, image, video or other piece of content.\u00a0Hyperlinks\u00a0present in resources enable users easily to navigate their\u00a0browsers\u00a0to related resources.<\/p>\n<p>Although browsers are primarily intended to use the World Wide Web, they can also be used to access information provided by\u00a0web servers\u00a0in\u00a0private networks\u00a0or files in\u00a0file systems.<\/p>\n<p>The major web browsers are\u00a0Google Chrome,\u00a0Mozilla Firefox,\u00a0Internet Explorer,\u00a0Opera, and\u00a0Safari.<sup id=\"cite_ref-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Web_browser#cite_note-2\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_500\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clix.co\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/chrome-setup-page-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-500\" class=\"size-large wp-image-500\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/clix.co\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/chrome-setup-page-7-1024x581.png\" width=\"1024\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clix.co\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/chrome-setup-page-7-1024x581.png 1024w, https:\/\/clix.co\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/chrome-setup-page-7-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/clix.co\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/chrome-setup-page-7-60x34.png 60w, https:\/\/clix.co\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/chrome-setup-page-7.png 1468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chrome by Google<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p><em>Source: wikipedia.org<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0web browser\u00a0(commonly referred to as a\u00a0browser) is a\u00a0software application\u00a0for retrieving, presenting and traversing information resources on the\u00a0World Wide Web. 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