Monday, March 3, 2014

Open Source Software

                          Google Chrome

Google Chrome


This symbol must be familiar to you if you have used the internet. This is the symbol of Google Chrome, one of the most widely used web browser in the world also known as God or Big    Brother for software professionals like me.
Green Color Represents the population using Google chrome
 Google Chrome is a web browser that uses WebKit fork blink. If we break down the term then
->WebKit is an open source search engine.
->Forking is a jargon in computer engineering which basically means that a developer can take the already written source code, tweak it or further develop it without facing any copyright issues
->Blink is an open source community that allows anyone to join in discussions or develop on their virtual   platform also known as Chromium (an open Source project that contains all the source code of Google Chrome, released in September 2008).

How does it Work?
Browsers are based on a client server architecture where the client sends a request to the server and the server sends back the response by making use of various communication protocols (language used by servers to communicate).
Client-Server Architecture


                   Some Features in a Nutshell
1. Bookmarks -Users can store URL's of the sites they like and access them directly from bookmark tab instead of typing its address, which speed up the retrieval process.
2. Security - Google Chrome receives updates on two lists named as Phishing List and Malware List that stores the sites deemed as potentially harmful, so whenever a user tries to access these sites a warning is given to the user.
3. Speed-Google Chrome has a very good JavaScript Processing Speed, which is considered more prompt than the majority of the browsers.
4. Availability-Chrome is available for androids,windows,iOS and Linux

If you want to get more in-depth knowledge about Chrome click on the links below- References-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome
http://www.chromium.org/blink

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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 5, 2014 at 10:49 AM

    1. From your blog, I have learnt about some technical terms of Google chrome, and how it works. Although I have been using Chrome for years, I just realized it is an open source project.

    2. You introduced to us some of the chrome features and advantages of Chrome. You can also introduce the “extension” functions of chrome. Some of the extensions provide proxy or ftp functions for the user.

    3. This is a technical blog. It explained all the technical terms and advantages of using Google chrome.

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  2. UnknownMarch 16, 2014 at 5:53 PM

    A very informative post about the ubiquitous chrome. You have explained the components associated with the browser in an interesting manner :)

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  3. ShwetaMarch 16, 2014 at 9:02 PM

    Thanks for the review guys

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