web browser
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- noun
- /wɛb ˈbraʊzər/
- Specialized
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navegador web
- The issue central to that case was whether Microsoft was allowed to bundle its Web browser software with the Windows operating system.
- using a web browser
- popular web browsers
- easy-to-use web browser
If you think of like the Internet pre the first web browsers, it was a very challenging experience.
- If you think of like the Internet pre the first web browsers, it was a very challenging experience.
- Within the box that the web browser gives you, a designer can put almost anything.
- Stream and enjoy for your TV, your laptop, your tablet, your phone or through any web browser by using the Great Courses Plus app.
- You sort of you have an object that represents a network end point, say a connection with a web browser that's your client.
- The issue central to that case was whether Microsoft was allowed to bundle its Web browser software with the Windows operating system.
- The issue central to the case was whether Microsoft was allowed to bundle its Web browser software with its Windows operating system.
- And I asked ChatGPT, write me JavaScript code to recreate the classic game Pong in a web browser, blah, blah, blah.
Examples
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Most of the websites relied on the user to click their web browser's back button to navigate between pages and websites.
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For example, Flash is not compatible with all assistive-technology devices and web browsers.
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This is why your single web browser, your single session, can take you there.
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And one of the big questions that we got from people was, well, is this a web browser or is this an operating system?
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This is I think far and away my favorite new web browser for the iPad.
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Web apps mean access from any device with a web browser, which can have some surprising results.
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Interactive simulations that run through a regular web browser can be highly effective.
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Participants were able to withdraw their participation at any time by exiting the web browser, but none did so.
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Interactive forms on an unsecured website enable anyone with a web browser to complete and transmit them.
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You can easily search for information by entering keywords into your web browser.
Synonyms
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2.2
A computer program that lets you open and view websites
How Capable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a browser for the web' is directly and compositionally derived from 'web' (the global system of linked documents) + 'browser' (an application that displays websites). This straightforward modifier+head compound follows common cross-linguistic patterns and would be clear to an average B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
The name web browser comes from the idea of someone who 'browses' a big web of pages. Imagine moving through a net of connected pages while the browser finds and shows what you want. That's why a web browser means the program that finds and displays web pages.