Question: What’s the difference between a browser and a home page on your computer? My computer always opens up to Road Runner and that’s how I look around and find web pages and go to Facebook to play games. I was trying to explain a problem to my granddaughter and when she asked what my browser was, I said Road Runner. That’s where I get my e-mail. She says that’s my home page. I’m not sure I understand the difference. I use Windows 7.
Answer: Your browser or web browser is a program installed on your computer that allows you to navigate the Internet. You look at sites like Road Runner or Facebook using a browser. The most common browsers used in Windows are Internet Explorer (sometimes abbreviated IE), Firefox and Chrome.
Your homepage is the website that displays when you open the browser. I imagine you use the Road Runner page because they are your e-mail provider, but you can select any page you want for your home page.
Hope that clears it up.
~ Cynthia
Looks like it’s time to print another glossary of terms…huh? ;>)
. . . but you can select any page you want for your home page.
Or no page at all. For years I have always used about:blank as my home page because I never know where I will want to go first and don’t want some page I don’t need to download and clog up the works. I started this back in the old dial up days when pages loaded real slow but still prefer it.
Nice distinction between homepage and browser.