# browser (software)

software on a device that lets people access and view web pages

- Computed level: L18 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: technology.tool  ·  Arena: digital

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [software](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-software.digital), [device](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-device.tool), [web](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-web.structure), [access](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-access.entry), [allow](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-allow.permission), [page](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-page.sheet), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [view](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-view.visual), [let](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-let.permission)

**Through:** software on a device enables people to access and view web pages

**Novel properties:**
- web page accessibility
- information navigation
- remote content rendering

## 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)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-browser.software*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-browser.software.json*  
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