What is a Browser


What is a Browser?

A browser is a graphical user interface (GUI) application program that retrieves and displays documents from Web sites. A browser has the ability to render text and graphics in the browser window.

More specifically it has the ability to:
DISPLAY

INVOKE

Browsers also have knowledge of other Internet services such as ftp, gopher, telnet, etc.

Wow! A browser is a very powerful tool! But, are all browsers created equally?
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