[b]Internet Explorer[/b] (formerly [b]Microsoft Internet Explorer[/b] and [b]Windows Internet Explorer[/b], commonly abbreviated [b]IE[/b] or [b]MSIE[/b]) is a series of graphical web browsers developed by [[Microsoft]] and included as part of the [[Microsoft Windows]] line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package [i]Plus! for Windows 95[/i] that year. Later versions were available as free downloads, or in service packs, and included in the OEM service releases of Windows 95 and later versions of Windows.

Infamous for its slow speed and its vulnerability to various malware and computer virus, it was later replaced with [[Microsoft Edge]] starting from [[Windows 8]].

h4. See also

* [[Aizawa Inori]], unofficial (at the moment of writing) [[personification]] of [b]IE[/b].
* [[Internet Explorer (webcomic)|]], a webcomic written by [[Merryweather]] and illustrated by [[Hinghoi]], featuring personifications of internet browsers.
** [[Internet Explorer (merryweather)|]], the comic's title character, also a personification of [b]IE[/b].
* [[Open in Internet Explorer]]
* [[OS-tan]]

h4. External links

* "Official Website":http://microsoft.com/ie
* "[i]Wikipedia[/i] article":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer
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