browser · software
Ask Prometheussoftware on a device that lets people access and view web pages
Browser (noun) means: software on a device that lets people access and view web pages. It emerges from software, device, web, access: software on a device enables people to access and view web pages. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 21, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- Firefox 1.0, released in 2004, rendered HTML pages from the public web on personal computers. computing
- The Wayback Machine's browser interface allows access to archived web pages from 1996 onward. archiving
- Nokia 770, shipped in 2005 with Mozilla-based browser, enabled internet viewing on a handheld device. engineering
Emergence
through: software on a device enables people to access and view web pages
- web page accessibility
- information navigation
- remote content rendering
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (375 steps)
- browserL21
- softwareL17
- deviceL5
- webL4
- structureL2
- interactionL2
- touchL3
- pieceL3
- accessL5
- allowL17
- pageL20
- peopleL6
- viewL7
- letL8
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Relations
| is-a | device.tool | a browser is a kind of device.tool |
| enables | access.entry | a browser enables access.entry to web pages |