ppt on web browser

1. What is so special about
Web browser ?
The platforms provided to get the information of your choice.

2. What is web browser?
A software application used to access information on the
World Wide Web is called a Web Browser. When a user
requests some information, the web browser fetches the data
from a web server and then displays the webpage on the
user’s screen.

3. Main function is to retrieve information from the World Wide Web and
making it available for users.
Multiple webpages can be opened at the same time on a web
browser.
Browsers user internal cache which gets stored and the user can open
the same webpage time and again without losing extra data.
To run Java applets and flash content, plugins are available on the web
browser.
What are the functions of
Web browser?

4. Benefits of
Web browser?
There are number of
advantages of the web browser.
• Web browser assists the developer to
test his/her product.
• It assists in bringing the closer records of
the search entered by the user.
• We can download videos, documents,
images and many other things from it.
• The web browser provides a platform for
other to start their businesses.
• Many online sites can promote their
products by using the cookies.

5. Types of Web browser?
WorldWideWeb was the first web
browser ever and was launched in the
year 1990. It was later named “Nexus”
to avoid any confusion with the World
Wide Web.
Mosaic was launched in the year
1993 and was the second web
browser. It was developed at the
National Center for Supercomputing
Applications and had a better
graphical interface.
Netscape Navigator was released in
the year 1994 and was the dominant
browser in terms of usage share. It
had an advanced licensing scheme
and allowed free usage for non-
commercial purposes.
Internet Explorer was launched in 1995
by Microsoft. By 2003, it has attained
almost 95% of usage share and had
become the most popular browsers of
all. In 2015, it was replaced with
“Microsoft Edge”, as it became the
default browser on Windows 10.
Firefox was introduced in 2002 by
Mozilla Foundation. Firefox overtook
the usage share from Internet Explorer
and became the dominant browser
during 2003-04. This browser was also
made available for mobile phones,
tablets, etc.
Google Chrome was launched in
2008 by Google and is cross-platform
web browser. It is the most popular
web browser of all time and has the
best user interface.

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Miss Srishti Dhoot