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Basics Of Internet:

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  • What is the internet?

  • what is a web browser?

  • what is a browser engine?

  • Example of browser engines?

INTERNET:-

The Internet is a system that provides connectivity for millions of people all across the world. It allows the computer to communicate with any other at any position of the globe, also very useful for grabbing information and gaining knowledge as the internet is an ocean of data and information.

WEB BROWSER:-

You have definitely heard about some names such as safari, firefox, chrome etc. What are these, they are the browser which we used in daily life.

The browser helps to show and access the website which is present on the internet, hence we can access all of them.

BROWSER ENGINE:-

A browser engine is basically a software which is a core part of a web browser. As the browser engine helps in rendering all html css files into webpages.

EXAMPLE OF BROWSER ENGINE:-

For google chrome we use blink(which is chromium based).
For safari we use webkit.
For firefox we use gecko.
Also for rendering of javascript files we use V8 engine and nodejs also works on V8 .

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