Difference between revisions of "Web browser"

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A web browser is a computer program which downloads and displays web pages on the World Wide Web (or a local device). The original internet browser was NCSA Mosaic.^[1] Before long, however, Netscape^[2] and AOL became most popular, while NCSA Mosaic became obsolete.

There are four major web browsers currently in use; Edge (formerly Internet Explorer), Firefox, Safari, and the Chromium-based Google Chrome. Google Chrome currently holds the largest "market share" in desktop browsing.^[3] There are many other web browsers as well, including Brave, Vivaldi, and Opera.

Other browsers are also carving niches such as Dolphin for Android phones, and Pale Moon for Atom processors.

References

External links

Browser market shares - Net Market share

[1] â http://www.livinginternet.com/w/wi_browse.htm

[2] â http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/history/fbrowser.html

[3] â https://www.netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx

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-A '''web browser''' displays [[web pages]]. Its most common use is to is a program used to load and display web pages on the [[internet]].
+A '''web browser''' is a [[computer]] [[software|program]] which downloads and displays [[web pages]] on the [[World Wide Web]] (or a local device). The original internet browser was NCSA Mosaic.<ref>http://www.livinginternet.com/w/wi_browse.htm</ref> Before long, however, Netscape<ref>http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/history/fbrowser.html</ref> and [[AOL]] became most popular, while NCSA Mosaic became obsolete.
-Currently there are 5 main web browsers; Internet Explorer (IE), Firefox, Safari, Opera, and Chrome. IE currently holds the largest "[[market share]]" in desktop browsing but this is being eroded by the independent browsers Opera and Firefox as well as Google's Chrome browser and Apple's Safari browser. Opera has the largest share of mobile internet browsers with their products Opera Mini, and Opera Mobile.
+There are four major web browsers currently in use;  [[Microsoft Edge|Edge]] (formerly [[Internet Explorer]]), [[Mozilla Firefox|Firefox]], [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]], and the [[Chromium (web browser)|Chromium]]-based [[Google Chrome]]. Google Chrome currently holds the largest "[[market share]]" in desktop browsing.<ref>https://www.netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx</ref> There are many other web browsers as well, including [[Brave (web browser)|Brave]], [[Vivaldi (web browser)|Vivaldi]], and [[Opera (web browser)|Opera]].
-[[Category:Internet]]
+Other browsers are also carving niches such as Dolphin for Android phones, and [[Pale Moon]] for Atom processors.
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
 == External links ==
+* [http://www.netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=1 Browser market shares - Net Market share]
+<!--* [https://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/default.aspx Microsoft Internet Explorer]
+* [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/firefox.html Firefox] and [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/mobile/features/ Firefox Mobile]
+* [http://www.apple.com/safari/ Apple Safari]
+* [http://www.opera.com/ Opera] and [http://www.opera.com/mobile/ Opera Mini]
+* [http://www.google.com/chrome Google Chrome] and [http://www.chromium.org/Home Chromium Home (owned by Google)]-->
-* [http://www.opera.com/ Opera Web Browser]
+[[Category:Web Browsers|*]]
-* [http://www.opera.com/mini Opera Mini Web Browser]