MS Technology Vocabulary Mozilla Firefox
Lauren Hodgson
January 2009
Computer 7-7
Mozilla Firefox
An internet browser is a software application that reads web sites to allow the user to see web pages. Mozilla Firefox is the 2nd most popular web browser after Internet Explorer.
Mozilla Firefox is an internet web browser separate from Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. It is said to be faster and safer than other browsers for your computer.
It is completely free and can be downloaded on Mozilla’s website.
The very first Mozilla Firefox (Firefox 1.0) was released on November 9, 2004 It includes: tabs, spelling check, live bookmarking, a download manager, and an integrated search with the desired engine.
Because Firefox is open source, the source code is freely available and modifiable; it is constantly being updated and improved by people other than the creator
On the browser the user can create and use add-ons that give the Firefox different functions.
Mozilla Firefox can make the web “better”.
