Google Chrome its own web store where users and developers can upload and download these applications and extensions. Google Chrome Google Chrome (commonly known simply as Chrome) is a freeware web browser developed by Google LLC. It was first released on September 2, 2008 for Microsoft Windows, and was later ported to Linux, macOS, iOS and Android. Google Chrome is also the main component of Chrome OS, where it serves as a platform for running web apps. Google releases the majority of Chrome's source code as the Chromium open-source project; however, Chrome itself is proprietary software. One component that is not open-source
Web browser the browser. Virtually all URLs on the Web start with either "http:" or "https:" which means the browser will retrieve them with the Hypertext Transfer Protocol. In the case of "https:" the communication between the browser and the web server is encrypted for the purposes of security and privacy. Another URL prefix is "file:" which is used to display local files already stored on the user's device. Once a web page has been retrieved, the browser's rendering engine displays it on the user's device. This includes image and video formats supported by the browser. Web pages usually contain hyperlinks to