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web browser

Syllables: web brows·er/ˈwɛbˌbɹaʊ.zə(ɹ)/

web browser noun: a computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web, chiefly by viewing web pages and following hyperlinks.

Noun (1)

web browser (plural web browsers)

  1. (Internet) A computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web, chiefly by viewing web pages and following hyperlinks.
    • A web browser interprets an HTML document to display a web page. Popular web browsers are Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator.2001, Beth Brown, Bruce Presley, Elaine Malfas, A Guide to Web Authoring Using Microsoft FrontPage 2000, Lawrenceville Press, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    browser

Noun (2) capitalized: Web browser

Web browser (plural Web browsers)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of web browser.

web browser meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

web browser in Hindi

computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
विचरक vicrak, जाल विचरक jāl vicrak, ब्राउज़र brāuzar

web browser in Tamil

computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
உலாவி ulāvi, மேலோடி mēlōṭi

web browser in Urdu

computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
بَراؤُزَر barāuzar, بْراؤُزَر brāuzar

web browser in Bengali

computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web
ব্রাউজার braujar
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web browser in Sinhala
වෙබ් බ්රව්සර web brawsara
web browser in Tagalog
panginain
web browser in Arabic
مُتَصَفِّح mutaṣaffiḥ, مُتَصْفَح وِب mutaṣfaḥ web
web browser in Malay
pelayar web, penyemak imbas, pelayar
web browser in Indonesian
penjelajah web, peramban web
web browser in Thai
เบราว์เซอร์ brao-sə̂ə
web browser in Vietnamese
trình duyệt
web browser in Myanmar
ရှောက်ကြည့်ရာတွင် သုံးသည့်တန်ဆာ hraukkrany.ra-twang sum:sany.tanhca

Synonyms of web browser

Forms of web browser

pluralweb browsers
alternative formWeb browser
alternative formweb-browser
alternative formWeb-browser
pluralWeb browsers

Questions about web browser

What does web browser mean?
Web browser means a computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web, chiefly by viewing web pages and following hyperlinks.
What is web browser in Hindi?
Web browser in Hindi is विचरक (vicrak), जाल विचरक (jāl vicrak), ब्राउज़र (brāuzar). See Web browser meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is web browser?
Web browser is a noun.
How do you pronounce web browser?
Web browser is pronounced /ˈwɛbˌbɹaʊ.zə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of web browser?
The plural of web browser is web browsers.

Words near web browser in the dictionary

  1. web application
  2. web applications
  3. web apps
  4. web beacon
  5. web beacons
  6. web browser
  7. web browsers
  8. web bug
  9. web bugs
  10. web celeb
  11. web celebs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: web browser (page history and authors); Web browser (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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