5.3 - Web Browsers

An application for accessing information on the World Wide Web

• Web Browser

• Web Search

• Cookie

• Browser Extension

A search of the World Wide Web using a web browser, often done by visiting a web search engine site such as Google, Bing, or Yahoo.

• Web Search

• Cookie

• Browser Extension

• Client-Side Scripting

A small piece of data sent from a website and stored on a user's computer by the web browser while the user is browsing

• Cookie

• Browser Extension

• Client-Side Scripting

• Certificate

Software that adds functionality to a web browser.

• Cookie

• Browser Extension

• Client-Side Scripting

• Caching

The process of transferring source code from a web server to a web browser and running that code directly in the browser.

• Proxy Server

• Client-Side Scripting

• Certificate

• Caching

A digital document that contains encryption keys and is used for encryption and identification.

• Proxy Server

• Pop-up Blocker

• IP Address

• Certificate

The storing of images, sounds, web pages, and other information associated with particular websites that allows a browser to redisplay data without having to reload it from the website.

• Caching

• Pop-up Blocker

• IP Address

• Browser Extension

A device that stands as an intermediary between an application such as a web browser and the Internet

• Caching

• Proxy Server

• Pop-up Blocker

• IP Address

A feature of most web browsers that prevents windows such as advertisements from being displayed.

• Certificate

• Caching

• Pop-up Blocker

• IP Address

A numerical label that is assigned to devices so they can connect and communicate on a network

• Caching

• Proxy Server

• Pop-up Blocker

• IP Address