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A web browser is not the same thing as a [[search engine]], though the two are often confused.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4MwTvtyrUQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/o4MwTvtyrUQ| archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=What is a Browser? |date=30 April 2009 |publisher=Google (on YouTube) |quote=Less than 8% of people who were interviewed on this day knew what a browser was.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.mozilla.org/en/internet-culture/mozilla-explains/internet-search-engine-browser/ |title=What is the difference between the internet, browsers, search engines and websites? |date=17 June 2021|publisher=Mozilla |quote=Let’s start by breaking down the differences between the internet, browsers, search engine, and websites. Lots of us get these four things confused with each other.}}</ref> A search engine is a website that provides [[hyperlink|links]] to other websites. However, to connect to a website's server and display its web pages, a user must have a web browser installed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Manasa |first=D. |date=19 July 2011 |title=Difference Between Search Engine and Browser |url=https://www.differencebetween.net/technology/internet/difference-between-search-engine-and-browser/ |website=differencebetween.net}}</ref> In some technical contexts, browsers are referred to as [[user agent]]s.
As of 2024, most used browsers worldwide are: Chrome, Safari ([[macOS]] and [[iOS]] only), [[Firefox]], [[Microsoft Edge|Edge]], [[Opera (web browser)|Opera]], [[Samsung Internet]] ([[Android (operating system)|Android]] only), [[UC Browser]], [[Yandex Browser|Yandex]], [[Brave (web browser)|Brave]] and [[Vivaldi (web browser)|Vivaldi]].<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|title=The 10 most popular browsers in the world|website=blivale.com|publisher=Blivale Ltd.|date=April 25, 2024|url=https://www.blivale.com/en/blog/335-the-10-most-popular-browsers-in-the-world|access-date=March 1, 2025}}</ref>
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