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Posted by brandonlind2
brandonlind2
7,823 Points

What is the difference between the browser and window?

What is the difference between the browser and window? How do they relate to each other?

1 Answer

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,254 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,254 Points

The Browser is the user agent. The container that holds the browser window. It holds the scrollable area, browser menu and other settings.

The window is the available space in the browser where the HTML, CSS and JavaScript is loaded and displayed. :-)