viewer

n 1: a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an

exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the

performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers

discovered a new star" [syn: {spectator}, {witness}, {watcher}]

2: an optical device for viewing photographic transparencies

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 {web site}. Examples

include the Word and Adobe Acrobat viewers.

(1997-08-29)