What is a "browser"?

What is a "browser"?

Ethan Feerst and Dylan Stewart (Technology Therapist, Mac Guru) gives expert video advice on: What is a "search engine"?; What is the difference between "upload" and "download"?; What is "spam"? and more...

A browser is like a television set, and this is really important for people to understand, because nothing is on Explorer, nothing is on Firefox, or Safari. It's no different than having a Sony or a Magnavox or a JVC. It's all just the frame. The browser is just the frame. The browser is what contains the journey, the browser is what allows you to point to different locations on the internet, and the browser will then actually pull up content from different locations. But you can pull up a Yahoo.com or CNN.com on Internet Explorer 6, on Explorer 7, on Netscape 8, on Firefox, on Safari, on Opera.