[W/K] :: browser

  Browser \Brows"er\ (brouz"[~e]r), n.
     1. An animal that browses.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Computers) 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]

  browser
       n 1: a viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything
            in particular
       2: a program used to view HTML documents [syn: web browser]

  browser n. 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 `browser' without qualification, one may assume it is a
     Web browser.
  
  

  browser
       
           A program which allows a person to read
          hypertext.  The browser gives some means of viewing the
          contents of nodes (or "pages") and of navigating from one
          node to another.
       
          Netscape Navigator, NCSA Mosaic, Lynx, and W3 are
          examples for browsers for the World-Wide Web.  They act as
          clients to remote web servers.
       
          (1996-05-31)