computer skills

Web browsers

A web browser is a software application that allow you to "browse" the Internet - sometimes also called "surfing".

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What is a web browser?

Web browser

A web browser displays web pages on your computer screen so that you can view information.

If you imagine that a web page is like a magazine, then the browser makes enables the pages to display on all types of computer.

So much more than a magazine page

The clever thing is that your browser lets you:

  • view text and images
  • copy text and images into a document or e-mail
  • click on links to new pages (browsing or surfing)
  • watch videos
  • listen to audio.

 

Types of web browser

Web browsers

There are many web browsers available. Most computers come with Internet Explorer* as standard and Mac computers come with Safari* as standard. Others that are available for download include


* Hampshire County Council is not responsible for the content of external websites.