browser

[ brou-zer ]
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noun
  1. a person or thing that browses.

  2. Digital Technology. a software program that allows the user to find and read encoded documents in a form suitable for display, especially such a program for use on the internet: You may need to pause internet security features and refresh the page in your web browser to play the embedded videos.

Origin of browser

1
browse + -er1; def. 1 was first recorded in 1680–90, and def. 2 in 1980–85

Other words from browser

  • non·brows·er, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for browser

browser

/ (ˈbraʊzə) /


noun
  1. a person or animal that browses

  2. computing a software package that enables a user to find and read hypertext files, esp on the Internet

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Scientific definitions for browser

browser

[ brouzər ]


  1. A program that accesses and displays files and other data available on the Internet and other networks. Entering a website's URL in the address window of a browser will bring up that website in the browser's main window.

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Cultural definitions for browser

browser

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