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surf or surfing




To browse or look at information on the Web by pointing and clicking and navigating in a nonlinear way (meaning you can go to any site at any time you like).

A commonly heard phrase is, "I surfed the Net for a few hours last night and bookmarked some great sites." A "surfer" is a user who surfs the Net.

See also : ego-surfing  proxy surfing  Surfus  

NetLingo Classification: Online Jargon

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