Web Browsers Support Center

A Web browser is a software application used to access and display documents hosted on a Web server.  Web browsers communicate with servers primarily through HTTP (hyper text transfer protocol).  Web browsers locate Web pages using an address known as a URL (uniform resource locator).  Some common Web browsers include Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Netscape Navigator, and Apple's Safari.

Instructions for setting your default Web browser for either Windows or Mac OS
How do you know if a Web site is "secure"?
Matrix showing which browsers are compatible with University of Iowa services
Internet Explorer 7 Support Internet Explorer 7 is the next version of the Microsoft web browser.

Last Updated: 04/24/2008

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