Say it like this

The window you look at websites through. It goes and fetches the page, then shows it to you.

For the grown-up

A browser is a program that requests a page from a server, interprets the code that comes back, and draws the result on screen. Children often mistake the browser for the internet itself, in the same way people once mistook the television for the broadcast.

The easy mistake

Careful here. The browser is not where the website lives. It is more like a pair of binoculars than a bookshelf.

The full explanation

What Is a Website?

A glossary entry is the short version. This one has the child explanation, the grown-up explanation, the questions and an activity.

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Words next to this one

Website A place on the internet where somebody keeps their things so other people can come and look. Internet Computers talking to other computers. All of them, all over the world, all the time. Server A computer whose whole job is holding things and handing them over when somebody asks. Search Engine A helper that already went and looked at nearly everything, so it can tell you where to go.