Trident layout engine

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Trident layout engine is Microsoft's proprietary web page rendering engine used by Internet Explorer to display and interpret HTML, CSS, and related web technologies.

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Generate an image of Trident layout engine (Trident layout engine is Microsoft's proprietary web page rendering engine used by Internet Explorer to display and interpret HTML, CSS, and related web technologies.)

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How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf browser engine ⓘ
layout engine ⓘ
alsoKnownAs MSHTML ⓘ
APIs COM interfaces ⓘ
IHTMLDocument2 and related interfaces ⓘ
componentOf MSHTML.DLL ⓘ
developer Microsoft ⓘ
era late 1990s to 2010s ⓘ
implements MSHTML ⓘ
introducedInProductVersion Internet Explorer 4.0 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Explorer
license proprietary software license ⓘ
notableFor historical compatibility issues with web standards ⓘ
support for ActiveX controls ⓘ
tight integration with Windows ⓘ
operatingSystem Microsoft Windows ⓘ
linked to: Windows
platform IA-32 ⓘ
x86-64 ⓘ
primaryLanguage C++ ⓘ
proprietary true ⓘ
replaced Internet Explorer 3 layout engine ⓘ
status legacy ⓘ
succeededBy Blink (via Microsoft Edge Chromium) ⓘ
EdgeHTML ⓘ
supports ActiveX ⓘ
CSS ⓘ
CSS2 (partial) ⓘ
CSS3 (partial, in later versions) ⓘ
DHTML ⓘ
DOM ⓘ
ECMAScript ⓘ
HTML ⓘ
VBScript (legacy) ⓘ
linked to: VBScript

XHTML (partial) ⓘ
XML ⓘ
supportsMode Compatibility modes for older IE versions ⓘ
Quirks mode ⓘ
Standards mode ⓘ
usedBy Windows applications embedding Internet Explorer control ⓘ
usedFor executing client-side scripts ⓘ
layout and painting of web content ⓘ
parsing HTML ⓘ
rendering web pages ⓘ
usedIn 360 Secure Browser (Trident mode) ⓘ
AOL Explorer ⓘ
linked to: AOL Desktop

Avant Browser (legacy versions) ⓘ
Internet Explorer ⓘ
Maxthon (legacy versions) ⓘ
SlimBrowser (legacy versions) ⓘ
Tencent QQ Browser (legacy Trident mode) ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Internet Explorer → hasComponent → Trident layout engine ⓘ
Trident layout engine → replaced → Internet Explorer 3 layout engine ⓘ
linked to: Trident layout engine
Trident layout engine → implements → MSHTML ⓘ
linked to: Trident layout engine
Trident layout engine → alsoKnownAs → MSHTML ⓘ
linked to: Trident layout engine
Active Desktop → usesTechnology → Internet Explorer rendering engine ⓘ
linked to: Trident layout engine
Avant Browser → usesComponent → Microsoft Trident layout engine ⓘ
subject linked to: Avant Browser (legacy versions)
linked to: Trident layout engine
Tencent QQ Browser (legacy Trident mode) → basedOn → Microsoft Trident layout engine ⓘ
linked to: Trident layout engine
Maxthon (legacy versions) → basedOn → Trident layout engine ⓘ