A web browser (or just browser) is an application program for reading web pages of hypertext and other information from the World Wide Web (WWW). The browser acts as a client to a remote web server, providing the means to view the contents of nodes (or pages) and of navigating from one node to another.[1]
Browsers for Mac and Apple platforms[]
- Safari — Apple's current default browser
- NCSA Mosaic — the first publicly distributed browser.
- Netscape — abandoned in favor of the Mozilla project.
- Firefox — the Mozilla project's new browser.
- Chrome — Google's current default browser.
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — discontinued, last version for Mac was v. 5.2.1.
- Microsoft Edge — Microsoft's current default browser.
- iCab
- OmniWeb
- Opera
No command-line browsers, such as Links, Lynx, or w3m, come pre-installed.
References[]
- ↑ Browser at the Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing. 1996-05-31.
External links[]
- Browser at Computer Hope
- Web browser at Wikipedia
