The Internet is a vast sea of data represented in many formats and stored on many hosts. WWW browsers are used to navigate through the data found on the net.
Browsers allow people to treat the data spread across the Internet as a cohesive whole.
Web browsers integrate the function of fetching the data with figuring out what it is and displaying it. HTML allows text data objects to embed simple formatting information and references to other objects. The data viewed in other browsers is limited to text, illustrations, low-quality sounds and videos. Using HotJava you can add applications that range from interactive science experiments in educational material to games and specialized shopping applications. In addition, HotJava provides a way for users to access these applications in a new way.