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Browser: A browser is the software used for viewing pages on the web. Two examples are Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator.

Browser Caching: To speed surfing, browsers store recently used pages on a user's disk. If a site is revisited, browsers display pages from the disk instead of requesting them from the server. As a result, s . . . View Full Definition

Image Browser: An application that enables you to view digital photos. Some browsers also allow you to rename files, convert photos from one file format to another, add text descriptions, and more.

Browsers: Organisms that feed by scraping thin layers of living organisms from the surface of the substratum (eg., periwinkles feeding on rock-surface diatom films; urchins scraping a thin, filmy spon . . . View Full Definition

Web Browser: A software application that allows for the browsing of the World Wide Web.

Http: Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol, the format of the World Wide Web. When a browser sees 'HTTP' at the beginning of an address, it knows that it is viewing a WWW page.

Home Page: The main page on your website, which is largely responsible for helping develop your brand and setting up the navigational schemes that will be used to help users and search engines navigate . . . View Full Definition

Jpeg (Joint Photographic Experts Group): JPEG (pronounced 'jay peg') is a graphics format newer than GIF which displays photographs and graphic images with millions of colors, it also compresses well and is easy to download. Unfort . . . View Full Definition

Hotlists: These can be pull-down or pop-up menus on browsers that contain new or popular sites. Major browser and search engine home pages also contain updated hotlists, and there are entire sites -- . . . View Full Definition

Mousetrapping: The use of browser tricks in an effort to keep a visitor captive at a site, often by disabling the 'Back' button or generated repeated pop-up windows.