Browser

"It is the computer program that interpretes HTML commands to collect ,arrange and display the part of a HTML page."

In general,"it is a program that allows users to contact a location on the internet, access data there, and follow hypertext links to other information. Hence , it allows users to view hypermedia documents on the world wide web.
The most common Browser's in use today are ms internet explorer and netscape navigator
Two types of browser exist:-
  1. Text only browsers-->Displays only text, can't display graphics. Eg: lynx
  2. Graphical browsers-->It can display text as well as graphics Eg:internet explorer.
Working:-
The browsers acts as a client to obtain information browsing service use client-server interaction.
The user selects a meny item that the browser should display.Here browser only contacts one server at any time--the browser establishes a connection, retrieves one page of information , closes the connection, and displays the information for the user.
To make the system useful, servers must remain ready always, and agree to provide information to any client that requests it
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