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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Browser \Brows"er\ (brouz"[~e]r), noun
1. An animal that browses.
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]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
browser
noun
1: a viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything in particular
2: a program used to view HTML documents [syn: {web browser}]
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
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.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
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)
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