"browser" meaning in English

See browser in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹaʊzɚ/ Audio: en-us-browser.ogg Forms: browsers [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊzə(ɹ) Etymology: From browse + -er. Etymology templates: {{af|en|browse|-er|id2=agent noun}} browse + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} browser (plural browsers)
  1. A person or animal who browses. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-browser-en-noun-3rFcQsso Disambiguation of People: 49 51 1
  2. A person who examines goods for sale but purchases nothing. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-browser-en-noun-8xsKK0OG Disambiguation of People: 49 51 1
  3. (computing) A web browser. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-browser-en-noun-QmE-vd5e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 17 67 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 16 16 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 14 12 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 10 79 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: browser cache, browser hijacking, browserify, browserish, browserless, browser narcotic, cross-browser, headless browser, lockdown browser, man-in-the-browser, master browser, mesobrowser, microbrowser, minibrowser, nonbrowser, potential browser, web browser

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "browser cache"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "browser hijacking"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "browserify"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "browserish"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "browserless"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "browser narcotic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cross-browser"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "headless browser"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lockdown browser"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "man-in-the-browser"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "master browser"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mesobrowser"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "microbrowser"
    },
    {
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      "word": "minibrowser"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "nonbrowser"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "potential browser"
    },
    {
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    }
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          "ref": "1976 December 18, David Holland, “Dear Santa...”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 11:",
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          "ref": "[1990 November 12, Tim Berners-Lee, Robert Cailliau, “WorldWideWeb: Proposal for a HyperText Project”, in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C):",
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        "mathematics",
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    "Pages with entries",
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    "en:People"
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    {
      "word": "browser cache"
    },
    {
      "word": "browser hijacking"
    },
    {
      "word": "browserify"
    },
    {
      "word": "browserish"
    },
    {
      "word": "browserless"
    },
    {
      "word": "browser narcotic"
    },
    {
      "word": "cross-browser"
    },
    {
      "word": "headless browser"
    },
    {
      "word": "lockdown browser"
    },
    {
      "word": "man-in-the-browser"
    },
    {
      "word": "master browser"
    },
    {
      "word": "mesobrowser"
    },
    {
      "word": "microbrowser"
    },
    {
      "word": "minibrowser"
    },
    {
      "word": "nonbrowser"
    },
    {
      "word": "potential browser"
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    {
      "word": "web browser"
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    }
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      ],
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        "English terms with quotations"
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        {
          "ref": "1976 December 18, David Holland, “Dear Santa...”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 11:",
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        "A person who examines goods for sale but purchases nothing."
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          "text": "A program which provides access to the hypertext world we call a browser.",
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        "A web browser."
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          "web browser"
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        "(computing) A web browser."
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
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        "sciences"
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    },
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    }
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}

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