WBC

 

A web browser (commonly referred to as a browser) is application software for accessing the World Wide Web. When a user requests a web page from a particular website, the web browser retrieves the necessary content from a web server and then displays the page on the user’s device.

Web browsers are used on a range of devices, including desktops, laptops, tablets, and smart-phones. In 2020, an estimated 4.9 billion people used a browser. The most used browser is Google Chrome, with a 63% global market share on all devices, followed by Safari with 19%. Other notable browsers include Firefox and Microsoft Edge.

The first web browser, called World WideWeb (www), was created in 1990 by Sir Tim Berners-Lee. He then recruited Nicola Pellow to write the Line Mode Browser, which displayed web pages on dumb terminals; it was released in 1991. 1993 was a landmark year with the release of Mosaic, credited as “the world’s first popular browser.” Its innovative graphical interface made the World Wide Web system easy to use and thus more accessible to the average person. This, in turn, sparked the Internet boom of the 1990s, when the Web grew at a very rapid rate. Marc Andreessen, the leader of the Mosaic team, soon started his own company, Netscape, which released the Mosaic-influenced Netscape Navigator in 1994. Navigator quickly became the most popular browser.

Microsoft debuted Internet Explorer in 1995, leading to a browser war with Netscape. Microsoft was able to gain a dominant position for two reasons: it bundled Internet Explorer with its popular Windows operating system and did so as freeware with no restrictions on usage. Eventually the market share of Internet Explorer peaked at over 95% in 2002. Apple released its Safari browser in 2003. It remains the dominant browser on Apple devices, though it did not become popular elsewhere. Google debuted its Chrome browser in 2008, which steadily took market share from Internet Explorer and became the most popular browser in 2012.[13][14] Chrome has remained dominant ever since.

Features of Browsing:

  • Allow the user to open multiple pagesat the same time, either in different browser windows or in different tabs of the same window.
  • Backand forward buttons to go back to the previous page visited or forward to the next one.
  • A refreshor reload and a stop button to reload and cancel loading the current page. (In most browsers, the stop button is merged with the reload button.)
  • A homebutton to return to the user’s home page.
  • An address barto input the URL of a page and display it.
  • A search bar to input terms into a search engine. (In some browsers, the search bar is merged with the address bar).

MMC’s WBC

MMC has visualized and actualized the relevance and necessity of the time and made available a facility within the I-Centre for WBC (Web Browsing Centre). This will enable our students to be in touch with the www so that everything and anything that happens in the world will become so handy and accessible to them. The management expects all the students to be responsible users of the WBC. Wish you all the enjoyment and entertainment. Moreover, we expect you to be informed, knowledgeable and wise users of the browsing systems.