Opera – a web browser and a software package to work on the Internet, produced by Opera Software ASA. Developed in 1994, a group of researchers from the Norwegian company Televerket. The browser is written in the programming language C++.
Opera has high speed and is compatible with major Web technologies.
A distinctive feature of Opera has long been a multi-interface (System tab in the window), and subsequently appeared in other browsers, as well as the possibility of scaling to display documents.
In Opera expanded functionality using the mouse: besides the standard methods of navigation provided for the so-called “mouse gestures”.
Opera browser includes security system: a built-phishing protection; additional coding information flow when working with pages that contain confidential information requests, the option to remove the HTTP-Cookies, clean stories of visits by one click of a mouse, as well as start panel “SpeedDial”.
In addition to the core functions of the Opera browser, for the time elapsed since the appearance of the package had been integrated capabilities mail / news client M2, address book, client peer-to-peer network BitTorrent. Opera includes RSS aggregator, the customer IRC, manager WAP-browser, Opera Link as well as widgets – image modules, based on HTML technology and working outside the window of your Opera browser.
Opera browser ported to multiple operating systems (including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, GNU / Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, etc.) and platforms (Intel, Sparc, PowerPC).
Opera is one of the most popular browsers for PCs, but it yields to this indicator, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Safari. At the same time, in some parts of the market share occupied by the browser Opera, significantly above the average for peace. The first relates to some countries in Eastern Europe, including Russia.
A much stronger position in the market Opera browser for mobile devices: mobile phones, smartphones and PDAs, where Opera has played a dominant role thanks to technology Small Screen Rendering. In this market segment before it releases Opera browser for Windows Mobile, S60 and UIQ, as well as a platform for Java ME.
Opera pre-installed in more than 40 million mobile phones worldwide.
Opera is also the only browser for Nintendo DS game systems and computer Wii.Some telegames also using Opera.
The engine Opera (Presto) licensed by Adobe and integrated into the package of Adobe Creative Suite.
Since 2005, versions of Opera for PCs and wireless devices (except Opera Mobile) free of charge.
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