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browser
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun browser has 2 senses
- browser(n = noun.person) Array - a viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything in particular; Array is a kind of looker, spectator, viewer, watcher, witness
- browser(n = noun.communication) web browser - a program used to view HTML documents; Array is a kind of application, application program, applications programme
Derived forms verb browse3, verb browse1
has particulars: explorer, ie, internet explorer, konqueror, lynx, mosaic, netscape, opera
Derived form verb browse3
CIDE DICTIONARY
browser, n.
- An animal that browses. [1913 Webster]
- a computer program that permits the user to view multiple electronic documents in a flexible sequence by the process of activating hypertext “buttons” within one document, which serves as a reference to the location of related document. The term is currently (late 1990's) used mostly for programs which allow traversing hypertext paths in documents on the internet. A typical browser will permit the user to easily reverse direction, and view again documents previously accessed. [PJC]
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