Glossary Definition
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Internet Explorer
Also known as “IE”
Microsoft’s browser was actively developed until version 6 on Windows and version 5 on Macintosh. Since version 4 on Windows, it has used the Trident rendering engine, and is tightly integrated into the Windows operating system. Future versions will be available only by purchasing an new releases of Windows. There will be no more released for Macintosh. The final versions provided decent Web-standards support, and, by late-2003, were used by almost 95 percent of the browsing public.