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2. History of the web browser - Wikipedia

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   History of the web browser. A web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. It further provides for the capture or input of information which may be returned to the presenting system, then stored or processed as necessary. The method of accessing a particular page or ...

3. Mosaic (web browser) - Wikipedia

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   Mosaic (web browser) NCSA Mosaic was among the first widely available web browsers, instrumental in popularizing the World Wide Web and the general Internet by integrating multimedia such as text and graphics. [3] [4] [5] Mosaic was the first browser to display images inline with text (instead of a separate window).

4. Browser user interface - Wikipedia

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   A browser user interface (or BUI) is a method of interacting with an application, typically hosted on a remote device, via controls presented within a web browser. This is an alternative to providing controls via a separate application with a dedicated graphical user interface (GUI) or command-line interface (CLI). BUIs have become common for ...

5. Graphical user interface - Wikipedia

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   A graphical user interface, or GUI ( / ˈɡuːi / [1] [2] GOO-ee ), is a form of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation. In many applications, GUIs are used instead of text-based UIs, which are based on typed command labels or text navigation.

6. Comparison of lightweight web browsers - Wikipedia

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   Four of the browsers compared— Lynx, w3m, Links, and ELinks —are designed for text mode, and can function in a terminal emulator. Eww is limited to working within Emacs. Links 2 has both a text-based user interface and a graphical user interface. w3m is, in addition to being a web browser, also a terminal pager. [6]

7. Links (web browser) - Wikipedia

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   Links (web browser) Links is a free software text and graphical web browser with a pull-down menu system. [2] It renders complex pages, has partial HTML 4.0 support (including tables and frames [3] and support for UTF-8 ), supports color and monochrome terminals, and allows horizontal scrolling. It is intended for users who want to retain many ...

8. Web browser - Wikipedia

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   A web browser is an application for accessing websites. When a user requests a web page from a particular website, the browser retrieves its files from a web server and then displays the page on the user's screen. Browsers are used on a range of devices, including desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones.

9. History of the graphical user interface - Wikipedia

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   The history of the graphical user interface, understood as the use of graphic icons and a pointing device to control a computer, covers a five-decade span of incremental refinements, built on some constant core principles. Several vendors have created their own windowing systems based on independent code, but with basic elements in common that ...