Web Browsers

One of the new tools you will be using this week is a web browser.

A web browser, internet browser, or simply “browser,” is a software program used to access the internet from a device. Web designers use web languages like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to write the instructions that browsers translate and render into the intended layouts of text, graphics, and other content.

Browsers have come a long way. Originally utilitarian and only able to render text, they can now handle multiple forms of media, tabbed browsing, and secure financial transfers.

How Web Browsers Function