Web Browser

A Web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web.

Although browsers are primarily intended to access the World Wide Web, they can also be used to access information provided by Web servers in private networks or files in file systems.

The major web browsers are Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and Opera for Windows and Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and Opera for Macintosh systems. Google Chrome, originally released for Windows and in the Fall of 2009 for Macintosh, is touted as an alternative browser the major players listed above.