Since the launch of the new browser developed by Google is recent, (Google Chrome) I think that it comes in handy a short article on the subject. A browser (browser in English) is basically a program, an application that operates over the internet, a tool, which decrypts, decodes, the information that contains a web page and allows that this is displayed; also have a technical name that is: user-agent: which are specific programs that execute tasks to a user on the network. The browser translates HTML documents into formatted web pages and thus we can distinguish them. Summarizing, it is put at the disposal of the user quickly and easily, all the information that has been uploaded and contained on the website. We are looking for a practical example. Windows we all have in our PC and if we want to write a text, to view it, we use Word, which is a program that allows to view .doc files, well, the browser displays files html, php and other extensions. Decrypts the code and translates it to show visually understandable. Its beginning dates back to the year 1990 when, Timothy John Berners-Lee (who is considered the father of the web) I think the WWW.
This physicist born in England designed and built the first Web browser called the World Wide Web and developed with NEXTSTEP, also the first server that you called httpd (HyperText Transfer Protocol daemon). Web pages are encoded using languages specialized for their creation, these languages can only be deciphered by browsers but it is not only a question of translating or decoding the codes simply, as it is a bit more complex. The translation of these documents requires certain standards, rules, some control. These rules are established by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which is who is responsible for publishing official HTML standards. Although the who know how they claim that not all browsers obey or interpret these rules in the same way. Each browser has different characteristics and sharing criteria so that finally, any person can see information and the contents that presents internet although we are not experts in computer science. In the Decade of the nineties, Internet began to take a prominent place and to consolidate and then the first browser called Mosaic, then this was acquired by Microsoft who renamed it with the name of Internet Explorer. After a time, the browser most used is the Explorer that is included in the Windows operating system. Others also known are: Mozilla Firefox Netscape Safari Opera Konqueror is a brief description to define a search, without technicalities trying to make it more understandable and destined above all to those who wonder why confuse browser with search engine.