However, to understand its real purpose, we have to review the history of the net browser.

不过，为了理解网络浏览器的真正用途，我们有必要回顾下浏览器的诞生历史。

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To put it in a simple way, net browser is a software which can bring us to any website we'd like to go, whether to buy a pair of trousers or check the schedule of a bus.

简单的说，网络浏览器就是一款软件，能带我们去想去的网站，无论是去买条裤子还是查询公交时刻表。

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The response is that these applications still run inside a .NET sandbox and are subject to the same security policies that apply when running in the browser.

答案是，这些应用还是在.NET沙箱中运行，所以跟在浏览器中一样，遵守同样的安全策略。

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The subscription service is built around the MSN 8 net browser.

BBC: Microsoft and BT ally on broadband

So if, for instance, its numbers show China's share of world Internet users is half what the CIA's numbers show, Net Applications would count each Chinese browser in its data twice.

WSJ: Statistically Speaking: Browser Wars Escalate

And the company failed to exploit many of its advantages and annoyed many with its unwillingness to work with the grain of the net culture by supporting the Netscape browser or opening up AOL's Instant Messenger to work with other services.

BBC: Screenshot of AOL.com