What is Selenium WebDriver used for?

I know what is selenium webdriver, but i need to knowits specific use

Selenium Webdriver is an open source collection of APIs used to test web applications. The Selenium Webdriver tool is used to automate testing of web applications to see if they work as expected. It mainly supports browsers such as Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Internet Explorer. You can also run cross-browser tests. Read this detailed tutorial about selenium web driver tool.