Internet Explorer
Windows default browser
Internet Explorer is a web browser developed by Microsoft, once dominant but now largely obsolete.
It became synonymous with slow, outdated technology and security vulnerabilities: My company's payroll system still only works in Internet Explorer.
The name is sometimes used figuratively for anything technologically behind the times.
Redmond technology corporation
- FirefoxMozilla's web navigator
- SafariApple's web browser
- OperaSung dramatic theatrical form
- NetscapePioneering nineties browser company
Mosaic · tab · bookmark · favorites · homepage · address bar · toolbar · add-ons
Functions with prior versions
- legacyWhat's passed down
- cross-browserWorks in any viewer
- graceful degradationMaintaining function while failing
- emulationCopying to rival
1995 PC platform
- Windows 98Late-nineties computer platform
- dial-upPhone-line internet connection
- information superhighwayGlobal digital communication network
- cyberspaceVirtual electronic network environment
surfing · webmaster · Netscape Navigator · bundling · antitrust · AOL · MSN · market dominance
Formally advised against using
- discontinuedNo longer available
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- outdatedNo longer in use
- legacyWhat's passed down
end-of-life · unsupported · retired · replaced · sunset · migration · phased out · abandoned
Microsoft
Redmond technology corporation
Netscape · Mosaic · tab · bookmark · favorites · homepage · address bar · toolbar · add-ons · extensions
backward-compatible
Functions with prior versions
- legacyWhat's passed down
- cross-browserWorks in any viewer
- graceful degradationMaintaining function while failing
Windows 95
1995 PC platform
- Windows 98Late-nineties computer platform
- dial-upPhone-line internet connection
- information superhighwayGlobal digital communication network
cyberspace · surfing · webmaster · Netscape Navigator · bundling · antitrust · AOL · MSN · market dominance · early internet
deprecated
Formally advised against using
- discontinuedNo longer available
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- outdatedNo longer in use
legacy · end-of-life · unsupported · retired · replaced · sunset · migration · phased out · abandoned · archaic
- MicrosoftWindows, Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Vista
- browsersFirefox, Safari, Brave, Vivaldi, Chromium
- Mid-90sWindows 95, Friends, Toy Story, ER, Braveheart
- Dot-com Eradot-com crash, bubble burst, irrational exuberance, IPOs, stock speculation
- 2000s TechiPod, MySpace, YouTube, Facebook, Google
- Computing HistoryENIAC, UNIVAC, mainframe, mainframes, punch card
Internet ExplorerFirefox
Mozilla's web navigator
Google Chrome · Mozilla · Brave · Microsoft Edge · Chromium
explore, explorer, exploration, explored, Ethernet, explores, Explorer