As a common internet user, what do you understand by Web Browsers? Write down the name of any four popular Web Browsers.

Web Browsers A web browser is a software program that allows a user to locate, access, and display web pages. It is a piece of software that acts as interface between the user and inner workings of the internet specifically the World Wide Web. Browsers are used primarily for displaying and accessing websites on the internet, as well as other content created using languages such as Hypertext Mark-up Language (HTML) and Extensible Mark-up Language (XML). With a web browser, one can view web pages that may contain text, images, video and other multimedia, and navigate between them via hyperlinks (it is a method of moving between one website page and another indicated to the user by an image or text highlighted by underlying and/or different colour). Browsers are also referred to as web clients, or universal clients, because in the client/server model, the browser functions as the client program. The browser acts on the behalf of user. The browser Contacts a web server and sends a request for information. Receives the information and then display it on the user's computer. Text and graphical information can be displayed in browser. The www incorporate hypertext, photographs, sounds, video etc. that can be fully experienced through graphical browser. Browsers translate web pages and websites delivered using Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) into human-readable content. They also have the ability to display other protocols and prefixes, such as secure HTTP (HTTPS), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), email handling (mailto:), and files (file:). Popular browser includes* Netscape Navigator. Microsoft Internet Explorer. Mosaic. Opera. Lynx. Hot Java. Mozilla Navigator. Safari. Mozilla Firefox. Google Chrome. *Note : Students are required to write any four of the above mentioned popular web browser.