Which statement best describes the difference between a browser and a web server?

• A. A browser is a client that requests resources; a server hosts resources and serves them to clients
• B. A browser stores data; a server renders pages
• C. A server hosts resources and serves them to clients; a browser requests them
• D. A browser and server are the same

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is the client–server relationship on the web. A browser acts as a client that requests resources from a server, which hosts those resources and serves them back to the client. When you click a link, your browser sends a request to the server; the server responds with the HTML, CSS, images, etc., and the browser then renders that content for you.

This answer is best because it clearly states both roles: the browser is the client that requests resources, and the server hosts and serves those resources to clients. Rendering is done by the browser, not the server, and storing data isn’t the browser’s primary job (it can cache, but that’s not its defining role).