viewer

viewer definition - computer

A program that displays the contents of an electronic (digital) file. Viewers may be stand-alone programs or components within a larger program. They are widely used to display images downloaded from BBSs, online services and the Internet. Viewers for sound and video files are also available.

A viewer typically displays or plays one type of file, whereas a file viewer is a program that supports many different formats. See file viewer.



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