Chapter 1
IT Concepts and Terminology
Course: Comptia Tech Fc0 U71
Subject: Comptia Tech Fc0U71
Chapter: Applications And Software
Modern web browsers come with a wide range of configurable features designed to enhance security, productivity, privacy, accessibility, and ease of use. Understanding how to properly configure these features ensures an optimized browsing experience tailored to user needs.
1. Private Browsing (Incognito Mode)
Purpose:
Private browsing is a browser feature that launches a temporary session that isolates user activity from the regular browser profile. This prevents the browser from:
- Saving browsing history
- Storing cookies and site data
- Retaining form data or autofill entries
- Logging search history within the browser
Common Names Across Browsers:
| Browser | Private Mode Name | | Google Chrome | Incognito | | Mozilla Firefox | Private Window | | Microsoft Edge | InPrivate | | Safari (macOS/iOS) | Private Browsing | | Opera | Private Window | | Brave | Private Window (with Tor option) |