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  • browser

    …Explorer and replaced it with Edge in 2015.

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    …Explorer and replaced it with Edge in 2015.

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  • Internet Explorer

    Microsoft Edge replaced Internet Explorer as the company’s preferred browser in 2016. Microsoft ended support for IE 11 in June 2022 and announced that the browser would be disabled in a future update of Windows.

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    Microsoft Edge replaced Internet Explorer as the company’s preferred browser in 2016. Microsoft ended support for IE 11 in June 2022 and announced that the browser would be disabled in a future update of Windows.

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  • A photo of Satya Nadella, Microsoft chairman and CEO, smiling while speaking on stage at the Microsoft Build 2025 conference in Seattle.
    Microsoft Corporation
    / Windows evolution: XP, Vista, and Windows 7 (and 8, 9, 10, and 11)

    …and a new Web browser, Microsoft Edge, which replaced Internet Explorer.

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    …and a new Web browser, Microsoft Edge, which replaced Internet Explorer.

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  • proportions of World Wide Web content constituting the surface web, deep web, and dark web
    World Wide Web

    …IE and replaced it with Edge in 2015.

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    …IE and replaced it with Edge in 2015.

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