Korean slang profile
브라우저
beuraujeo
Web browser
A program used to find and access information on the internet.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Mar 5, 1998
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
브라우저를 열어 필요한 웹 문서를 찾아봤다.
I opened the 브라우저 to find the web documents I needed.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
서울신문 in 1998 directly defines 브라우저 as an internet information search program while explaining a new computer operating system’s internet functions. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The definition and usage context in the contemporary article were compared. This is an information and communications term introduced then, not a claim that it originated in 1998. First use and the timing of its spread in Korea remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- ‘한글윈도 98’ 미리 써보세요 (서울신문)Published Mar 5, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026