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Internet Explorer

Discontinued web browser by Microsoft

Softwareweb browser proprietary softwareQ1575

Also known as Internet Jumpstart Kit · Windows IE · MS IE

Developer: Microsoft
Founded: August 16, 1995
2
Sources
1.“Web-Browser von Microsoft – Der Internet Explorer geht in Rente”tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/technologie/microsoft-internet-explorer-edge-101.html
2.neowin.net/news/internet-explorer-version-1-10-a-dive-through-history/
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Released: August 16, 1995
Latest version: 5.2.3
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1.“Mactopia: Download: Internet Explorer 5.2.3 for Mac OS X”microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx?pid=download&location=/mac/DOWNLOAD/IE/ie5_osx.xml
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, 11.0.9600
, 10.0.9
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1.“Internet Explorer 11.0.9 Now Available for Download”softpedia.com/blog/Internet-Explorer-11-0-9-Now-Available-for-Download-446289.shtmlRetrieved 2020-12-05
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+17 more
Written in: C++
License: proprietary license
Operating system: Microsoft Windows
, macOS
, Windows Phone
+2 more
Website: support.microsoft.com/products/internet-explorer

Overview

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Internet Explorer is a retired series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft that were used in the Windows line of operating systems. While IE has been discontinued on most Windows editions, it remains supported on certain editions of Windows, such as Windows 10 LTSB/LTSC. Starting in 1995, it was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year. Later versions were available as free downloads or in-service packs and included in the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) service releases of Windows 95 and later versions of Windows. Microsoft spent over US$100 million per year on Internet Explorer in the late 1990s, with over 1,000 people involved in the project by 1999. In 2015, Microsoft Edge was released to succeed Internet Explorer 11 as Microsoft's primary web browser. New feature development for Internet Explorer was discontinued the following year, and support for the browser officially ended on June 15, 2022, for Windows 10 Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) editions.

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Platforms: x86
x86-64
ARM architecture
PowerPC
SPARC
Replaced by: Microsoft Edge
Internet Explorer mode
Followed by: Microsoft Edge
Creator: Thomas Reardon
Language: multiple languages
English
Greek
French
Has use: web browser
Country of origin: United States
Based on: Mosaic(until 2006)
Copyright status: copyrighted
Discontinuation date: June 15, 2022
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1.“Web-Browser von Microsoft – Der Internet Explorer geht in Rente”tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/technologie/microsoft-internet-explorer-edge-101.html
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Social media followers: 64,700(April 24, 2025) youtube channel id: UCvLY-_O0Mn339_p4ndg1JRg
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2025-04-24
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64,700(April 6, 2024) youtube channel id: UCvLY-_O0Mn339_p4ndg1JRg
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2024-04-06
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65,200(March 22, 2023) youtube channel id: UCvLY-_O0Mn339_p4ndg1JRg
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2023-03-22
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65,600(July 2, 2021) youtube channel id: UCvLY-_O0Mn339_p4ndg1JRg
Has version, edition or translation: Internet Explorer 11
Readable file format: Internet Explorer favorites
Internet Explorer history file

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31 identifiers linking Internet Explorer across the web's reference databases

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