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    <p>Internet Explorer is a <a href="/questions/tagged/web-browser" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;web-browser&#39;" rel="tag">web-browser</a> and built-in component for the family of <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Microsoft Windows</a> operating systems. It uses the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident_%28layout_engine%29" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Trident</a> rendering engine and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakra_%28JScript_engine%29" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Chakra</a> <a href="/questions/tagged/javascript" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;javascript&#39;" rel="tag">javascript</a> engine.</p> <p>News and information about Internet Explorer is published on <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">MSDN Blog</a> and new capabilities are demonstrated via benchmarks on <a href="http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive" rel="nofollow noreferrer">IE TestDrive</a> (which now redirects to Microsoft Edge TestDrive).</p> <p>The latest stable release is Internet Explorer 11, with an interface allowing for use as both a desktop application, and as a <a href="/questions/tagged/windows-8" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;windows-8&#39;" rel="tag">windows-8</a> application.</p> <p>Versions of Internet Explorer for other operating systems have also been produced, including an Xbox 360 version called Internet Explorer for Xbox and an embedded OEM version called <a href="/questions/tagged/pocket-ie" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;pocket-ie&#39;" rel="tag">pocket-ie</a> (Pocket Internet Explorer), later rebranded Internet Explorer Mobile, which is based on Internet Explorer 9 and made for <a href="/questions/tagged/windows-phone" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;windows-phone&#39;" rel="tag">windows-phone</a>, <a href="/questions/tagged/windows-ce" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;windows-ce&#39;" rel="tag">windows-ce</a>, and previously, based on Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Mobile. It remains in development alongside the desktop versions. Internet Explorer for Mac and Internet Explorer for <a href="/questions/tagged/unix" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;unix&#39;" rel="tag">unix</a> (<a href="/questions/tagged/solaris" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;solaris&#39;" rel="tag">solaris</a> and <a href="/questions/tagged/hp-ux" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;hp-ux&#39;" rel="tag">hp-ux</a>) have been discontinued.</p> <p>It should be noted that Microsoft Edge is Microsft's next-generation web browser, and comes pre-installed alongside Internet Explorer 11 in Windows 10.</p> <hr> <h3>Targeting IE in HTML and CSS</h3> <p>Internet Explorer is assigned the <a href="/questions/tagged/vendor-prefix" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;vendor-prefix&#39;" rel="tag">vendor-prefix</a> <code>-ms-</code> by the <a href="/questions/tagged/w3c" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;w3c&#39;" rel="tag">w3c</a> for use in <a href="/questions/tagged/css" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;css&#39;" rel="tag">css</a>.</p> <p>As of Internet Explorer 10, conditional comments are no longer supported but previous versions of Internet Explorer were able to be manipulated using <a href="/questions/tagged/conditionalccomments" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;conditionalccomments&#39;" rel="tag">conditionalccomments</a>.</p> <hr> <h3>Documentation:</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://ie.microsoft.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Official website</a></li> <li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">MSDN blog</a></li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wikipedia</a></li> </ul> <hr> <h3>See Also:</h3> <p>Use the following tags for questions related to specific versions of Internet Explorer:</p> <ul> <li><a href="/questions/tagged/internet-explorer-5" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;internet-explorer-5&#39;" rel="tag">internet-explorer-5</a></li> <li><a href="/questions/tagged/internet-explorer-6" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;internet-explorer-6&#39;" rel="tag">internet-explorer-6</a></li> <li><a href="/questions/tagged/internet-explorer-7" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;internet-explorer-7&#39;" rel="tag">internet-explorer-7</a></li> <li><a href="/questions/tagged/internet-explorer-8" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;internet-explorer-8&#39;" rel="tag">internet-explorer-8</a></li> <li><a href="/questions/tagged/internet-explorer-9" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;internet-explorer-9&#39;" rel="tag">internet-explorer-9</a></li> <li><a href="/questions/tagged/internet-explorer-10" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;internet-explorer-10&#39;" rel="tag">internet-explorer-10</a></li> <li><a href="/questions/tagged/internet-explorer-11" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;internet-explorer-11&#39;" rel="tag">internet-explorer-11</a></li> <li><a href="/questions/tagged/pocket-ie" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;pocket-ie&#39;" rel="tag">pocket-ie</a>, <a href="/questions/tagged/ie-mobile" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;ie-mobile&#39;" rel="tag">ie-mobile</a></li> </ul>
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