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BROWSER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A program used to view HTML documents
Synonyms:
browser; web browser
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("browser" is a kind of...):
application; application program; applications programme (a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task)
Instance hyponyms:
Explorer; IE; Internet Explorer (a commercial browser)
Konqueror (a freeware browser for Linux)
lynx (a text browser)
Mosaic (a freeware browser)
Netscape; Opera (a commercial browser)
Derivation:
browse (look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything in particular
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("browser" is a kind of...):
looker; spectator; viewer; watcher; witness (a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind))
Derivation:
browse (look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular)
browse (shop around; not necessarily buying)
