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---
title: Browser
slug: Glossary/Browser
page-type: glossary-definition
---
{{GlossarySidebar}}
A **Web browser** or **browser** is a program that retrieves and displays pages from the {{Glossary("World Wide Web", "Web")}}, and lets users access further pages through {{Glossary("hyperlink", "hyperlinks")}}. A browser is the most familiar type of {{Glossary("user agent")}}. It uses a {{Glossary("Engine/Rendering", "rendering engine")}} to display web pages.
Common browsers include:
- {{Glossary("Google Chrome")}}
- {{Glossary("Mozilla Firefox")}}
- {{Glossary("Apple Safari")}}
- {{Glossary("Microsoft Edge")}}
- {{Glossary("Opera Browser")}}
## See also
- [Web browser](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser) on Wikipedia
- {{HTTPHeader("User-agent")}} (HTTP Header)
- Download a browser
- [Mozilla Firefox](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/)
- [Google Chrome](https://www.google.com/chrome/)
- [Microsoft Edge](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge)
- [Opera Browser](https://www.opera.com/)
- Related glossary terms:
- {{Glossary("Engine/Rendering", "Rendering engine")}}
- {{Glossary("User agent")}}