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title: Browser
slug: Glossary/Browser
page-type: glossary-definition

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A Web browser or browser is a program that retrieves and displays pages from the {{Glossary("World Wide Web","Web")}}, and lets users access further pages through {{Glossary("hyperlink","hyperlinks")}}. A browser is the most familiar type of {{Glossary("user agent")}}.

See also

• Web browser on Wikipedia

• {{Glossary("user agent")}} (Glossary)

• {{HTTPHeader("User-agent")}} (HTTP Header)

• Download a browser

  • Mozilla Firefox

  • Google Chrome

  • Microsoft Edge

  • Opera Browser