Web Browser Basics

Your web browser history is a record of the websites that you have visited within a set period of time. If you want to revisit a site that you've seen recently, you can access your history and see...

Almost all Internet browsers keep a copy of web pages that were previously accessed. While these temporary Internet files (or cache) are useful for helping pages load faster, too many temporary...

Pop-up ads can be disruptive when using the Internet. In spite of this, advertisers continue to use them to make sure that their ads are seen. Your Web browser can block these ads. If you block...

Firefox and Internet Explorer are the two most widely used web browsers and both contain a search box built into the address bar. If you have a preferred search engine, you can change the default...

Privacy is an important concern when using the Internet. If you use the Internet for work, to manage your finances or simply for communicating with loved ones, it is in your best interest to keep...

A person who wants to delete individual URLs from the address bar has either entered a faulty address by virtue of a typing error or has something to hide, with the latter being the one that...

Web browsers allow you to surf Internet sites as well as to see offline web-page contents. Internet Explorer is a browser developed by Microsoft Corporation and is included with the Windows...

During high activity hours or areas with many users, some Internet service providers will limit the bandwidth to that area, causing minor to noticeable slowdown of Internet speeds. Airtel Internet...

Internet browsers come with features that make it easy for you to return to your favorite websites. Browsers remember the websites you visit, the information you type into web forms, and the terms...

Online privacy is an important concern for many people. When you share a computer with family or friends, you may not want them to be able to see your Internet search history. Updating your Web...

Since the introduction of privately run Internet service providers in the late 1980s, the Internet and its tools have made a big impact on global culture and commerce. Today, Internet tools handle...

Internet sites are constantly storing data onto the computers that visit their pages. This data may be passwords, cookies and log-in preferences or form templates. In most cases, the downloaded...

Internet Explorer includes many features that make web browsing easy and convenient. One of these features is your list of favorite websites. When you save a website to your favorites, you can...

When you set up an account with a retail website, the site will often store bits of your personal data in a form called cookies. Internet cookies can contain your password, credit card information...

Netzero provides both high-speed and dial-up Internet services. Once you install Netzero, your home page is automatically set to the Netzero home page. Each time you connect or press the home...

Your web browser stores information in your drop-down history for easy access to information and websites that you need often. Your address bar also contains a drop-down list of websites you've...

You have probably noticed that your web browser keeps track of the names of every website you visit in a database called the browsing history. While such a listing can prove very useful at times,...

Any computer that visits an Internet site is subjected to data downloads, often times without the user being aware of the activity. In most cases, this data is not malicious in intent but is...

The auto-complete history in Web browsers can be useful when it's working properly. Type two letters of a site you regularly visit and all you need to do is hit "Enter" to bring up the site you're...

The home page in a Web browser is the website that automatically appears when you open a window. Yahoo! is a search engine that you can use to find information on the Internet. You may enjoy this...

Road Runner is a national Internet service provider. It provides services to individuals and businesses with various levels of Internet connectivity. Road Runner offers a portal page where users...

When you are browsing the Internet, from time to time you may have to hide your menu bar in order to get some extra viewing space inside of your browser window. If your menu bar has been hidden...

Every time you visit a website, the web address, date and time of your visit is recorded in your Web browser history. The length of time this information is saved varies depending on what browser...

Clearing your Internet trail consists of completely deleting all files on your computer which document the websites you have visited on the Internet. This procedure is recommended when you are...

Cache is basically the history stored by a web browser on your computer. It consists of the websites you visit including videos you watch, images and files downloaded. Browser cache is essential...

When you browse the Internet, all the typed URL addresses are stored on your computer server where you can have quick access to them any time you need to navigate back to the same site. While this...

A proxy server is a tool used when browsing the web. When using a proxy server, all requests for web pages go through the server rather than being sent directly to the website. The proxy server...

Google's hypertextual web search capability produces results quickly, and people have responded: at the time of writing, it's the most popular Web search engine in existence. Making Google the...

When navigating the Internet, you are using a browser to view various websites. There are many tools and options within Internet browsers that enable a user to navigate the Internet in a...

There are a variety of Web browsers one can use to surf the Internet. The developers for these Web browsers will create patches and updates for these browsers from time to time. These browser...

In this Information Age, many devices can connect to the Internet. The Internet browser used on your desktop computer may differ from the one on your Blackberry or Wii because of size,...

The Internet Explorer web browser includes a feature that allows you to create a list of websites you visit often. You can simply click an item in the list of websites, referred to as "Favorites,"...

Whenever you search for content on the Web using search engines, the information is stored on your computer as Internet history and browser cache. This allows you faster access to it any time you...

Web browsers store Internet surfing history on your computer, including Web pages addresses, cookies and temporary files. Checking your Internet history allows you to quickly retrieve particular...

Internet font is basically the text you see on web pages. By default, Internet font is set to specific sizes and colors depending on the web browser. Internet options, however, allows you to...

When you surf the Internet, the browser you use downloads web pages and stores them on your computer in a folder called the "Temporary Internet Files" folder. This folder is also called the...

Cookies are small files (not larger than 4 kilobytes) that are automatically downloaded on your computer after visiting Internet websites. Cookies store website preferences and help to identify a...

Everyone has deleted their Internet history at some time when they needed a URL address or information that was important. Recovering Internet history on your computer is a lot easier than you...

Tracking cookies are the part of the Internet browsing history that any web browser saves on your computer. Cookies store user website preferences, login information and even online shopping carts...

Internet browsers save a detailed history of website surfing on your computer. Cookies are a part of the Internet history that store user preferences for particular websites, contents of online...

A browser homepage is the first page displayed when a user opens up an Internet browser. The homepage of NetZero subscribers is automatically set to the NetZero website. It is not uncommon for web...

Internet web browsers store detailed information about the browsing history, including cookies, URL webpage addresses and temporary files downloaded from the web. If you are using a public or...

Web browsing software programs keep track of every website you visit each time you use that browser. This information can come in handy if you plan to re-visit certain websites in the future....

Yahoo! is a popular Internet company that provides a variety of services, such as travel, news, weather and sports information, as well as email and Yellow Pages access. Yahoo! ID is a page where...

Whether you use Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera or Safari, all Internet browsers have their own inherent issues. From slow load times to missing plug-ins, there are plenty of issues that can be...

Web browsers store information about everything you do on the Internet. While that may sound like a scary thought, it has its good and bad. Before you can deal with Internet history, it's...

Cookies are files that your computer saves as you browse the Internet. The cookies slow your computer down and, in some cases, keep your browser from opening certain Web pages. You might know the...

An Internet browser keeps track of the history of visiting a website by saving temporary files with their URL (Uniform Resource Locator) addresses. An URL contains the website Internet address. If...

Bookmarklets are program scripts that you can integrate into the popular web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Opera and Firefox. Bookmarklets can make Internet researching a lot easier. With a...

Website display and refresh rates are especially slow on slow Internet connection speeds such as with dial-up connections. Unless you have a broadband Internet service, browsing the Internet can...