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[[File:Safari 15.png|thumb|right|A web browser ([[Safari (web browser)|Safari]]) displaying a [[web page]]]]
[[File:Various web browsers installed on windows 11 operating system.png|thumb|right|220px|Various web browsers installed on [[Windows 11]] operating system]]
A '''web browser''', often shortened to '''browser''', is an [[Application software|application]] for accessing [[web pages]] and [[web navigation|navigating the Internet]]. When a [[User (computing)|user]] visits a [[website]], the browser requests the web page from a [[web server]] and displays it. Browsers can also be used to access web pages [[hosts (file)|hosted]] on the local [[filesystem]] (often called [[localhost]]) or [[Computer network|network]] configuration pages.
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