A browser is a software
program written specifically to enable users to easily navigate the
Internet. Before browsers, users had to choose from menus or type
a variety of commands
to search the Internet. With the invention of browsers came the
use of hypertext links. These colorful links made surfing the Internet
very easy.
Today the most popular browser is NetScape
with approximately 80% of all users using some version of NetScape's
browser. The remaining users use Microsoft's Internet Explorer to
surf the Internet.
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