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viewer

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.

viewer
1. any optical device by means of which something is viewed, esp one used for viewing photographic transparencies
2. Law a person appointed by a court to inspect and report upon property, etc.
(tool)viewer - A program to allow a file to be read (or played) but not changed. Viewers are often freely distributable, even when the editor application is not. This allows you to create files with the editor and make the viewer available to other users to view your files, e.g. on a website. Examples include the Word and Adobe Acrobat viewers.


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There it was exhibited to select companies of female viewers, in whose gentle bosoms it awakened implacable feelings.
Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context
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