Internet Explorer

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discontinued software proprietary software software web browser

Internet Explorer is a discontinued web browser that was once the dominant way to access the web on Windows computers.

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Observed surface forms (23)

Surface form Occurrences
Internet Explorer 11 4
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3
Internet Explorer 10 2

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf discontinued software ⓘ
proprietary software ⓘ
software ⓘ
web browser ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
defaultBrowserOn Windows for many years ⓘ
developer Microsoft ⓘ
discontinuationDate 2022-06-15 ⓘ
discontinued true ⓘ
genre web browser ⓘ
hasComponent Trident layout engine ⓘ
includedIn Windows 7 ⓘ
Windows 8 ⓘ
Windows 8.1 ⓘ
Windows 95 Plus! Pack ⓘ
Windows 98 ⓘ
Windows Vista ⓘ
Windows XP ⓘ
initialReleaseDate 1995-08-16 ⓘ
initialVersion Internet Explorer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Internet Explorer 1.0
latestReleaseDate 2013-10-17 ⓘ
latestReleaseVersion Internet Explorer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Internet Explorer 11
layoutEngine Trident ⓘ
license proprietary ⓘ
notableVersion Internet Explorer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Internet Explorer 11

Internet Explorer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Internet Explorer 6
operatingSystem Classic Mac OS ⓘ
surface form: Mac OS

Windows ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Windows

Unix ⓘ
Windows ⓘ
surface form: Windows 10

Windows 2000 ⓘ
Windows 7 ⓘ
Windows ⓘ
surface form: Windows 8

Windows 8.1 ⓘ
Windows ⓘ
surface form: Windows 95

Windows 98 ⓘ
Windows ME ⓘ
Windows ⓘ
surface form: Windows Server

Windows Vista ⓘ
Windows XP ⓘ
Xbox ⓘ
surface form: Xbox 360
parentCompany Microsoft ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Corporation
peakMarketShare over 90 percent ⓘ
platform ARM ⓘ
IA-32 ⓘ
x64 ⓘ
programmingLanguage C++ ⓘ
publisher Microsoft ⓘ
replacedBy Microsoft Edge ⓘ
shortName Internet Explorer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: IE
supports ActiveX ⓘ
CSS ⓘ
DOM ⓘ
HTML ⓘ
JavaScript ⓘ
VBScript ⓘ
supportsProtocol FTP ⓘ
Gopher ⓘ
HTTP ⓘ
HTTPS ⓘ
website https://www.microsoft.com/ie ⓘ

Referenced by (46)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Windows Phone → browser → Internet Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Explorer Mobile
NSCP → competitionWith → Internet Explorer ⓘ
subject surface form: Netscape Communications Corporation
this entity surface form: Microsoft Internet Explorer
this entity surface form: Microsoft Internet Explorer
Netscape Navigator → competitor → Internet Explorer ⓘ
Trident → componentOf → Internet Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Explorer shell
Windows XP → defaultWebBrowser → Internet Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Explorer 6
Microsoft → developed → Internet Explorer ⓘ
Trident → exposedAsLibrary → Internet Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: MSHTML.DLL
Windows 8 → feature → Internet Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Explorer 10
Windows → hasDefaultBrowser → Internet Explorer ⓘ
Windows 2000 → includedBrowser → Internet Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Explorer 5
Windows 7 → includedBrowser → Internet Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Explorer 8
Windows 8.1 → includedBrowser → Internet Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Explorer 11
Windows 95 → includedComponent → Internet Explorer ⓘ
Windows 98 → includedComponent → Internet Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Explorer 4
Windows ME → includedFeature → Internet Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Explorer 5.5
Windows Mobile → includes → Internet Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Explorer Mobile
Windows 95 Plus! Pack → includesComponent → Internet Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Microsoft Internet Explorer 1.0
Mosaic (web browser) → influenced → Internet Explorer ⓘ
subject surface form: Mosaic
this entity surface form: Microsoft Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer → initialVersion → Internet Explorer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Explorer 1.0
SmartScreen → introducedInProduct → Internet Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Explorer 8
this entity surface form: Internet Explorer 4.0
Trident → introducedInVersionOf → Internet Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Explorer 4.0
Internet Explorer → latestReleaseVersion → Internet Explorer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Explorer 11
Trident → majorVersion → Internet Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: MSHTML 4 (IE4)
Trident → majorVersion → Internet Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: MSHTML 6 (IE6)
Trident → majorVersion → Internet Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: MSHTML 8 (IE8)
Trident → majorVersion → Internet Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: MSHTML 9 (IE9)
Trident → majorVersion → Internet Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: MSHTML 10 (IE10)
Trident → majorVersion → Internet Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: MSHTML 11 (IE11)
ActiveX → notableBrowserSupport → Internet Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Explorer on Windows
Internet Explorer → notableVersion → Internet Explorer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Explorer 6
Internet Explorer → notableVersion → Internet Explorer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Explorer 11
VBScript → platform → Internet Explorer ⓘ
Edge → predecessor → Internet Explorer ⓘ
subject surface form: Microsoft Edge
Windows RT → preinstalledSoftware → Internet Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Explorer 10
Windows RT → preinstalledSoftware → Internet Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Explorer 11
Edge → replaced → Internet Explorer ⓘ
subject surface form: Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge → replaced → Internet Explorer ⓘ
VBScript → runsOn → Internet Explorer ⓘ
Internet Explorer → shortName → Internet Explorer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: IE
SPDY → supportedBy → Internet Explorer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Explorer (via later versions / Edge family support for HTTP/2 influenced by SPDY)
ActiveX → usedIn → Internet Explorer ⓘ
SmartScreen → usedIn → Internet Explorer ⓘ
Trident → usedIn → Internet Explorer ⓘ
Trident layout engine → usedIn → Internet Explorer ⓘ