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  2. Browser sniffing - Wikipedia

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    Browser sniffing (also known as browser detection) is a set of techniques used in websites and web applications in order to determine the web browser a visitor is using, and to serve browser-appropriate content to the visitor. It is also used to detect mobile browsers and send them mobile-optimized websites. This practice is sometimes used to ...

  3. uBlock Origin - Wikipedia

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    uBlock Origin. uBlock Origin (/ ˈjuːblɒk / YOO-blok[5]) is a free and open-source browser extension for content filtering, including ad blocking. The extension is available for Chrome, Chromium, Edge, Firefox, Brave, Opera, Pale Moon, as well as versions of Safari before 13. [6] uBlock Origin has received praise from technology websites and ...

  4. Feature detection (web development) - Wikipedia

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    Feature detection (also feature testing) is a technique used in web development for handling differences between runtime environments (typically web browsers or user agents ), by programmatically testing for clues that the environment may or may not offer certain functionality. This information is then used to make the application adapt in some ...

  5. JavaScript - Wikipedia

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    JavaScript (/ ˈdʒɑːvəskrɪpt /), often abbreviated as JS, is a programming language and core technology of the Web, alongside HTML and CSS. 99% of websites use JavaScript on the client side for webpage behavior. [10] Web browsers have a dedicated JavaScript engine that executes the client code.

  6. Browser security - Wikipedia

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    Browser security. Browser security is the application of Internet security to web browsers in order to protect networked data and computer systems from breaches of privacy or malware. Security exploits of browsers often use JavaScript, sometimes with cross-site scripting (XSS) [1] with a secondary payload using Adobe Flash. [2]

  7. Headless browser - Wikipedia

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    Headless browser. A headless browser is a web browser without a graphical user interface. Headless browsers provide automated control of a web page in an environment similar to popular web browsers, but they are executed via a command-line interface or using network communication. They are particularly useful for testing web pages as they are ...

  8. JavaScript engine - Wikipedia

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    JavaScript engines are typically developed by web browser vendors, and every major browser has one. In a browser, the JavaScript engine runs in concert with the rendering engine via the Document Object Model and Web IDL bindings. [ 2 ] However, the use of JavaScript engines is not limited to browsers; for example, the V8 engine is a core ...

  9. Comparison of browser engines - Wikipedia

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    Active. Google. GNU LGPL, BSD-style. Google Chrome and all other Chromium -based browsers, including Microsoft Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, Samsung Internet, and Opera [4] Gecko. Active. Mozilla. Mozilla Public. Firefox browser and Thunderbird email client.