5 WEB BROWSER

 WEB BROWSERS


what is web browser?

A web browser takes you anywhere on the internet. It retrieves information from other parts of the web and displays it on your desktop or mobile device. The information is transferred using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol, which defines how text, images and video are transmitted on the web.
5 WEB BROWSER NAME
1. Googal Crome
        

Today, Google Chrome has become the most used web browsers in the world. Google Chrome was released in the year 2008 as a freeware that was written in C++. The browser is known for its performance, ease of use, syncing with Google database, security, great support for WebKit, HTML5, CSS3, and other latest web standards.

2. Firefox

                        

Firefox is the second most popular web browser in the world. Firefox is a freeware from Mozilla organization that was released in the year 2002 by the name “Phoenix”. Even during its first release, Firefox proved to be a fast and secure browser by its testers and users. Mozilla Firefox is supported on OS such as Windows, Android, and iOS, Linux, Firefox OS and OS X. As of 2015, Firefox is the second most popular web browser in the world with a usage percentage of more than 11 percent. In certain countries still Firefox is the most popular desktop browser.



3. Safari

Safari web browser is a freeware browser from the Apple Inc. Safari is the default web browser in Mac computers and in OS X and iOS Operating Systems. Safari was released in the year 2003. A version of the browser is available for Windows Operating System as well. Today, Safari is popular because of Apple products.


4. Internet Explorer
                   

As Windows Operating System is the most popular desktop Operating System in the world, Internet Explorer or simply IE is the default browser in Windows making this browser the fourth most popular and used browser in the world. This browser is not free as it requires a Windows license to use. The Internet Explorer today has added new features to support the latest web technologies.


5. Opera
         

Opera web browser is one of the oldest web browsers which was released by Opera Software in the year 1995. The freeware browser was written in C++ that is available in more than 40 languages. Opera browser is available for Windows, UNIX and OS X. Opera browser uses the Blink layout engine.















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