browser

[ brou-zer ]

/ ˈbraʊ zər /

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noun

a person or thing that browses.

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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Origin of browser

browse + -er¹; def. 1 was first recorded in 1680–90, and def. 2 in 1980–85

OTHER WORDS FROM browser

non·brows·er, noun

Words nearby browser

brown water, Brownwood, browridge, browsable, browse, browser, browser skin, Broz, brr, Br. Som., BRT

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How to use browser in a sentence

At some point, his phone browser was invisibly redirected to a suspicious domain that researchers suspect was used to silently install malware.
Inside NSO, Israel’s billion-dollar spyware giant|Tate Ryan-Mosley|August 19, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Google needs Firefox as a competitor in the browser segment, which it dominates globally.
Strange bedfellows Google and Firefox renew their ‘default search’ partnership|Greg Sterling|August 17, 2020|Search Engine Land
However, Google’s Chrome browser — which has a 66% share of the global browser market, per StatCounter — does not block redirect tracking.
WTF is redirect tracking?|Tim Peterson|August 10, 2020|Digiday
Devote your time to optimizing images, removing unnecessary plugins, allowing browser caching, and so on.
Five ways SEO and web design go together|Javier Bello|July 21, 2020|Search Engine Watch

There are more mobile browsers than ever before, yet desktop conversion rates are almost double what they are on mobile platforms.
Top three marketing trends for the COVID-19 era|Nick Chasinov|May 26, 2020|Search Engine Watch
Browser preference might come down to how many times you want to slip your headset on and off.
Welcome to Oculus XXX: In-Your-Face 3D is the Future of Porn|Aurora Snow|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Brian Shuster is also developing a VR-friendly web browser known as Curio.
Welcome to Oculus XXX: In-Your-Face 3D is the Future of Porn|Aurora Snow|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“People read or write documents, read or write emails, and mostly read or write through the browser,” says Malka.
The ‘Slow Web’ Movement Will Save Our Brains|Joshua Rivera|June 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But a browser plug-in that encrypts Facebook messages could change all that.
Crypto for the Masses: Here’s How You Can Resist the NSA|Quinn Norton|May 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For a long time, Firefox had the cool cache of being an free, open-source alternative browser.
OkCupid Keeps Up Its Firefox Boycott for CEO’s Anti-Gay Stance|Gregory Ferenstein|April 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If they do not display correctly, you may wish to adjust your font, browser or reader settings.
'Round the Year in Myth and Song|Florence Holbrook
If you see a horizontal scroll bar, it may help to make your browser window narrower (not wider).
Early English Meals and Manners|Various
Open any one with your browser and you will be able to move to either of the other volumes with a click of the mouse.
The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3)|John Ruskin
Visual details may be overridden by your browser settings, but the links will still work.
The South of France--East Half|Charles Bertram Black
There are a few Greek words in this text, which may require adjustment of your browser settings to display correctly.
Russian Fairy Tales|W. R. S. Ralston

British Dictionary definitions for browser

browser

/ (ˈbraʊzə) /

noun

a person or animal that browses

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

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Scientific definitions for browser

browser

[ brou′zər ]

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.

Cultural definitions for browser

browser

See Web browser.

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