What is Web Browser ?

Web browser: Web browser is the software. It is used to view websites. It acts as an interface between the user and World Wide Web. It allows user to send request to a Web Server, to view the requested web page on their computer. 

                            How to search any URL Address on Google Chrome?

1. Click the search result with the URL you need. This will take you to the site.
2. In your browser's address bar at the top of the page, click once to select the entire URL.
3. Copy the URL by right-clicking it. selecting Copy.
4. Paste the URL by right-clicking it.

                                                  Some of commonly used web browser:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer (MSIE)
• Netscape Navigator
• Google Chrome
• Opera
• Mosaic
• Mozilla Firefox
• Apple Safari

All of these are graphical browsers. A graphical browser can display text as well as graphics. In addition, they can also present audio and video information. Earlier, the browser were text only.

Web browser communicate with web servers primarily using HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) to fetch web pages. HTTP allows web browsers to submit information to web servers as well as fetch web pages from them. Web pages are located by means of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) which is treated as an address beginning with http: for HTTP access. Many browsers also support a variety of other URL types and their corresponding protocols, such as ftp: for FTP (File Transfer Protocol), gopher: for Gopher and https: for HTTPS (as SSL encrypted version of HTTP).