You're in a store looking at clothes. You look around until something catches your eye, then you go into the dressing room and try it on for size. The browser on your computer works in a similar manner. Browsers are software programs that interpret code and display information from the World Wide Web. They have names such as Netscape, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera, Voyager, Mnemonic, and many others.
Browsers are free and easy to use.
This is the language of the Web. In fact, everything you see through your browser is built with this language. Or perhaps you like to keep up with current events by watching the news. You can't watch those TV shows without a TV, and you can't look at webpages without a Web browser. The browser is your link to other Internet users throughout the world.