COMPUTER NETWORKING

APPLICATION LAYER

INTRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The application one uses to access web pages is called ____
A
web browser
B
word processor
C
presentation software
D
Steam software manager
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A web browser is a software program that allows us to access the Internet and view web pages on our computer. A web browser, or simply “browser, ‘’ is an application used to access and view websites. Common web browsers include Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari.

Detailed explanation-2: -A web browser takes you anywhere on the internet. It retrieves information from other parts of the web and displays it on your desktop or mobile device. The information is transferred using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol, which defines how text, images and video are transmitted on the web.

Detailed explanation-3: -Virtually all URLs are retrieved using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), a set of rules for the transfer of data. If the URL uses the secure mode of HTTP (HTTPS), the connection between the browser and the web server is encrypted for the purposes of communications security and information privacy.

Detailed explanation-4: -A browser is an application program that provides a way to look at and interact with all the information on the World Wide Web. This includes Web pages, videos and images.

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