BROWSER
Dictionary entry overview: What does browser mean?
• BROWSER (noun)
The noun BROWSER has 2 senses:
1. a viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything in particular
2. a program used to view HTML documents
Familiarity information: BROWSER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BROWSER (noun)
Meaning:
A viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything in particular
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("browser" is a kind of...):
looker; spectator; viewer; watcher; witness (a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind))
Meaning:
A program used to view HTML documents
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
web browser; browser
Hypernyms ("browser" is a kind of...):
application; application program; applications programme (a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "browser"):
Explorer; IE; Internet Explorer (a commercial browser)
Konqueror (a freeware browser for Linux)
lynx (a text browser)
Mosaic (a freeware browser)
Netscape; Opera (a commercial browser)
"The third time someone tries to put a saddle on you, you should admit you're a horse." (English proverb)
"Half-truth is more dangerous than falsehood." (Bengali proverb)
"There ain't no such thing as a free lunch." (American proverb)
"Being able to feel it on wooden shoes." (Dutch proverb)
