- 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 can also display content stored locally on the user’s device. Browsers are used on a range of devices, including desktops, laptops, tablets, smartphones, smartwatches, smart TVs, and consoles. As of 2024, the most used browsers worldwide are Google Chrome (66% market share), Safari (16%), Edge (6%), Firefox (3%), Samsung Internet (2%), and Opera (2%). As of 2023, an estimated 5.4 billion people had used a browser. ← Wikipedia
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