lightweight browser


Lightweight browser is the term used to describe a Web browser that forgoes support of all Web standards in favor of a faster program that will requires less system resources to run on a computer. Lightweight browsers often do not include support for CSS, JavaScript, and other Web elements but will still render most pages correctly for viewing.

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  • line

    (1) A hardware circuit connecting two devices. (2) In programming, a single program statement. (3) In caches, a single data entry. A cache line can contain data from one or more addresses. Modern PC motherboards, for example, generally have an L2 cache where each line is 32 bytes wide.

  • line art

    A type of graphic consisting entirely of lines, without any shading. Most art produced on computers is not line art because the computer makes it so easy to add subtle shadings.

  • line editor

    A primitive type of editor that allows you to edit only one line of a file at a time.

  • line feed

    Often abbreviated LF, a line feed is a code that moves the cursor on a display screen down one line. In the ASCII character set, a line feed has a decimal value of 10. On printers, a line feed advances the paper one line. Some printers have a button labeled LF that executes a line […]

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