All browsers incorporate the following technologies. You can better use the web, and make the most of your browser by understanding how these technologies work on your particular browser.

Bookmarks offer a convenient means to retrieve pages whose locations (URL's) you've saved. You store your bookmarks in a list that's saved on your hard disk. Once you add a bookmark to your list, the item stays until you remove it or change lists. The permanence and accessibility of bookmarks make them invaluable for personalizing your Internet access. Nearly all Web browsers support a bookmarking feature

History offers a convenient means of redisplaying pages you've previously viewed. Unlike bookmark lists, which store page locations that you've designated, history items are saved automatically when you display a page.

Cache (pronounced cash) - stores all of the images and sub-files of a visited web page, so if the user jumps to a new page within the same site that uses, for example, the same images, the cache has them already stored and can load them into the user's browser quicker than having to retrieve them from the Web site server's remote site.

Cookie - is a message given to your web browser by a web server that is stored on your hard drive as a plain text file. The main purpose of cookies is to identify return users to a server and do things such as prepare customized web pages for them.