browser

American  

[brou-zer] / ˈbraʊ zər /

noun

1. a person or thing that browses.

2. Digital Technology. a software program that allows the user to find and read encoded documents in a form suitable for display, especially such a program for use on the internet.

   You may need to pause internet security features and refresh the page in your web browser to play the embedded videos.

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browser British  

/ ˈbraʊzə /

noun

1. a person or animal that browses

2. computing a software package that enables a user to find and read hypertext files, esp on the Internet

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browser Scientific  

/ brou′zər /

1. A program that accesses and displays files and other data available on the Internet and other networks. Entering a website's URL in the address window of a browser will bring up that website in the browser's main window.

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browser Cultural  

1. See Web browser.

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Other Word Forms

• nonbrowser noun

Etymology

Origin of browser

browse ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. ); browser def. 1 was first recorded in 1680–90, and browser def. 2 in 1980–85

Example Sentences

Then along came Salesforce with an entirely different model—software delivered inside a browser.

From Barron's

Amazon has sought to prevent AI-automated browsers like Perplexity’s Comet from shopping on Amazon.

From Barron's

Use of generative AI-powered chat services and browsers to find deals and conduct product research surged, with traffic to retail sites stemming from generative AI tools rising 693% compared with last year.

From Barron's

A tool—built into every Chrome web browser—allows you to quickly assess the credibility of a given website.

From The Wall Street Journal

When he was in high school, he created a browser app for Apple’s iPhone, called Mammoth Browser, which later became popular.

From The Wall Street Journal