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Surfing
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Definition of surfing
 On the World Wide Web, surfing means to move from one Web page to another,

usually in an undirected manner.

 When surfing, the user typically visits pages based on what interests him/her at
the moment The term comes from "TV channel surfing," but instead of clicking on

the buttons of the remote, the user jumps from page to page by clicking on the

links in the Web page.

 Surfing is an activity that started with the advent of the World Wide Web. With

hypertext links, users can go not only from one part of a document to another, but

also from one document to another, including those located in remote sites.

 Surfing is a favorite pastime for millions of people around the world who have

access to the Internet. Many users are hooked on it, spending countless hours
doing casual searches or other online activities. Some do it to kill time.