Getting Started With Netscape Introduction etscape is a tool, called a Web browser, for viewing information on the Internet.
Browser applications request and then display information from other computers on the Internet.
There are two basic types of browsers, a graphical and a text-based interface. Graphical interface browsers, such as Mosaic and Netscape, will display images and text. Text-based interface, such as Lynx, display only text. The World Wide Web, or WWW, is a system that links information together globally on the Internet through hypertext keywords. Netscape is designed for viewing WWW information.