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| ===Introduction=== | | ===Introduction=== |
− | Mozilla Firefox (or simply Firefox) is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary. Firefox is available for Windows, MacOS and Linux operating systems; Firefox is also available for Android. | + | Mozilla Firefox (or simply Firefox) is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary. Firefox is available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS operating systems; Firefox is also available for smartphones. It provides an interface between the server and the client and requests to the server for web documents and services to the client machines. |
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| |Firefox is a free and open-source web browser for connecting and learning. | | |Firefox is a free and open-source web browser for connecting and learning. |
− | We will use it as a web browser to browse academic information and resources.
| + | It is web browser (or ''Internet browser)'' to browse information and resources from the web. |
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| |Educational application and relevance | | |Educational application and relevance |
− | |Accessing the web for one's learning as a global digital library is one of the most important advantages of ICT. A browser is essential for accessing pages on the web. | + | |Accessing resources from the web for one's learning as a global digital library is one of the most important advantages of ICT. A browser is essential for accessing Information, downloading resources or participating in the virtual platforms on the web. |
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| ====Overview of Features==== | | ====Overview of Features==== |
− | Firefox is a free, cross platform (available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux platforms) web browser developed by Mozilla Corp. together with many other contributors.
| + | When we need any kind of information, digital resources or virtual support from the others or participating in the virtual platform, essentially we need to connect Internet/web. To connect to internet or web, we need web a software and that is web browser. Firefox is one of the most popular web browser which gives more stable and useful functionalities to connect to web. |
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− | Firefox browser supports many web standards for rendering of web pages; it renders most of the web pages correctly. Firefox is also known for its vast range of plug ins/add-ons that let the user customize in a variety of ways.
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| For more detail visit [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_of_Firefox this link] | | For more detail visit [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_of_Firefox this link] |