A computer system comprises hardware and software components, aiming to offer a powerful computational tool. These systems play a crucial role across diverse domains, aiding us in numerous tasks. The prevalence of the internet has significantly bolstered the utilization of computers for information sharing and communication. Computer systems empower us to store, process, display, and transmit information. Even in a basic modern computer system, multiple programs are typically required to carry out various functions effectively.

Thursday, May 8, 2014

End User Applications: Web Browser

The most important software component for many component users today us the once simple and limited, but now powerful and feature rich, Web browser.

A web browser enables a user to interact with websites through the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). It is a software program used to retrieve and display webpages and to navigate them.

With the development of browser technology, a number of features were added to HTML, primarily related to rich content presentation and user interaction, such as the use of client side scripting using JavaScript.

A browser like Microsoft Explorer, Safari or Mozilla Firefox is the key software interface you use to point and click you’re your through the hyperlinked resources of the World Wide Web and the rest of the Internet, as well as corporate intranets and extranets.

There are many browsers on the market now, most of them currently available for download from internet.
End User Applications: Web Browser
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