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A Web browser is a software program used to view Web pages. The two best-known Web browsers are Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. Just so you know, you're using a Web browser right now!

If you want an updated version of the Web browser you currently have or for any other cool software you might be interested in, visit the Plug-In Download section at any time. Not only can you find out what's already installed on your computer, you can easily download what's not.

Web browser features

These can be found on the toolbar at the top, or running down the side of your screen. Allow this little rhyme to explain:

Back buttons take you to the page you last saw
Forward gets the next, it's Internet law
Refresh/Reload updates your screen
Stop buttons halt a file, before all is seen
Click on Print you'll get your current page on paper
Bookmarks/Favourites store sites to get at later

Once you get going, the Internet is pretty easy to use—but inventing it was no simple task. Find out how this amazing technology got started by clicking on Who Invented the Internet?