

If you look at the Chromium's architecture, you will notice that the browser process/engine coordinates page content with rendering processes. The browser engine: marshals actions between the UI and the rendering The browser engine in this context refers to the browser process which is mainly responsible for managing all render processes and displaying UI. The rendering engine in this context would be.if your friend knows this word, he or she should fall into context 2 :)Ĭontext 2: if you are talking to a friend who knows how browsers work and all the crazy magic behind them. If you search for browser engine in Wikipedia, it tells you popular browser engines include Webkit, Gecko, Trident, and so forth ( ). The browser engine in this context refers to a software that powers your browser and responsible for displaying content on screen. I think the answer depends on which context we are talking about here (oh man, engineers like using terms differently for different contexts).Ĭontext 1: if you are talking to a friend who just knows basic knowledge about the web.
