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

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

Wall Street was nervous that the judge would require Google to sell its Chrome browser and stop the company from paying to make Google the default search provider on Apple devices.

From Barron's

Wall Street was nervous that the judge would require Google to sell its Chrome browser and stop the company from paying to make Google the default search provider on Apple devices.

From Barron's

And now that web browsers are getting AI assistants, these bad actors can hide malicious instructions into webpages designed to steer the AI helpers off course.

From The Wall Street Journal