Web browsers are programs installed locally that allow users to access and view content on the internet, downloading text, pictures, and videos. The first mainstream browser was Mosaic, released in 1993, which introduced basic features still used today like hyperlinks. Many Mosaic developers later helped create Netscape Navigator, which remained popular until 2007 and was the predecessor of Firefox. In contrast, search engines are programs that aggregate reference data so they can point users to websites related to search terms entered.

1. Web Browser
vs
Search Engine

8. • Web browsers are the main tool Web
surfers use to browse the Internet.
These applications allow users to
download text, pictures and video.
• a browser is a program installed on
your PC locally that is used to access
the Internet, to view what there is,
as it were.

9. • The first Web browser to gain mainstream
popularity was Mosaic. Released in 1993, this
browser was developed by computer
scientists at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign and introduced many of
the basic features still used today. After the
Mosaic project ended, many Mosaic
developers went on to help develop Netscape
Navigator, a browser that remained in use
until 2007 and was the predecessor of the
still-popular Firefox browser.

18. • A search engine is a program,
that in varying ways
aggregates reference data so
that when you type in a phrase
it can point you in the
direction of a website that
relates to the words you type
in.