Often abbreviated as IE or MSIE, Microsoft Internet Explorer is an Internet browser that allows users to view web pages on the Internet. Users can also utilize Internet Explorer to listen to and watch streaming content, access online banking, make purchases over the Internet, and much more.
Internet Explorer history Internet Explorer was first introduced on August 16, 1995 by Microsoft as version 1.0 and it came with Microsoft Windows 95. With the exception of Windows 10, Internet Explorer has been included with all versions of Windows since its inception.
The latest and last version (which was included with Windows 8) was Internet Explorer 11. Market share While it still has more users than it's replacement, Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer has lost a lot of ground over the years.
While still close in numbers to Firefox, Opera, it trails behind Safari and all browsers are far behind Google Chrome. The screenshot above is an example of what Internet Explorer 7.0 looked like with the Computer Hope homepage loaded.
