The Emergence Machine

Browser

physical · Technology · Level 6 · E10

E10Institutions

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

browser requires internet, client, software. It uses http, dns.

Compare Browser with…

Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “browser” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

Loading senses…

Source: Wiktionary — “browser”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0BrowserHttpInternetClientDnsProtocolNetworkSoftwareFormInformationStructureChangeExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesBrowserL6ClientL4DnsL4HttpL5InternetL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Client L4 (requires)
    A browser is a client application.
  • Dns L4 (uses)
    Browsers use DNS to resolve domains.
  • Http L5 (uses)
    Browsers use HTTP to fetch web content.
  • Internet L5 (requires) Technology sense
    Browsers require internet connectivity to access web resources.