Web+Browsers

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What is a web browser ? A browser is a software application to view web sites in the __W__orld __W__ide __W__eb. A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is a way of locating something on the internet - a web page, a file, or other resource. It might look something like this: http://www.gmpdc.org. That would take you to the GMPDC home page. Hyperlinks allow you to navigate to related resources when you click on them.

Some popular web browsers are Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and Opera. These browsers all do the same job, but have different "brand names", just like cars all work the same way, but are made by different manufacturers.

**To go to a web site**, type the address (URL) in the address bar of your web browser. This picture shows the address for a web site in the address bar of a web browser.



You can save addresses for web sites you return to frequently to your " bookmarks " or " favorites " in the the top menu of your browser. This will save the web site address to //that particular computer//. If you are interested in web-based bookmarking see our wikipage on "Social Bookmarking". This allows you to log in to an account so you can access your saved bookmarks from any computer no matter where you are!