A browser is a piece of software that allows users to access the Web and make links from one Web document to another. Text, images, audio and video are retrievable through a graphical software program such as Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer. These browsers are available for both Windows-based and Macintosh computers. Navigation is accomplished by pointing and clicking with a mouse on highlighted words and graphics. The current version of Navigator is contained within a suite of programs called Netscape Communicator.
Lynx is a browser that provides access to the Web in text-only mode.
Here at WPI, almost every computer is connected to the WPI campus network, which is connected to the Internet. To access the Web from home, you can use an Internet Service Provider such as America Online or Microsoft Network. Netscape Navigator Navigator is one of the most widely used graphical Web browsers. You may already have it on your computer. Just double-click the left mouse button on the icon to open Navigator.