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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>browser</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="brown-paper-bag-bug.html" title="brown-paper-bag bug"/><link rel="next" href="BRS.html" title="BRS"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">browser</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="brown-paper-bag-bug.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="BRS.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="browser"/><dt xmlns="" id="browser"><b>browser</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A program specifically designed to help users view and navigate
hypertext, on-line documentation, or a database. While this general sense
has been present in jargon for a long time, the proliferation of browsers
for the World Wide Web after 1992 has made it much more popular and
provided a central or default techspeak meaning of the word previously
lacking in hacker usage. Nowadays, if someone mentions using a
&#8216;browser&#8217; without qualification, one may assume it is a Web
browser.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="brown-paper-bag-bug.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="BRS.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">brown-paper-bag bug </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> BRS</td></tr></table></div></body></html>