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)