What is a Web Browser?

"Short Stuff" presentation by Don Mason
on January 24, 2006

What is it?

an application (i.e. software program)

stored on your hard drive

designed to access the World Wide Web

Examples of Web Browser applications:

Safari (designed by Apple)

Internet Explorer (designed by Microsoft)

Firefox (designed by the Mozilla organization)

Netscape Navigator (Netscape Communications Corporation)

and many others!

How do I get one?

there is always (at least) one web browser included (free) when you buy a computer

additional/different web browsers can often be downloaded from their maker's website

Is it the same as Google?

NO! NO! NO!

Google is a "search engine"

you can locate and run Google on any web browser

Google's Canadian address is: www.google.ca

if you type Google's address into the "address" window in any browser and hit the Return button, you will be taken to Google's location on the world wide web

once there, you can use Google to "surf" the web, using keywords