Internet Explorer
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Internet Explorer (IE) is a web browser that Microsoft shipped built into Windows. It dominated the browser market in the late 1990s and left behind web compatibility problems through ActiveX and nonstandard behavior. In South Korea, dependence on it lasted for a long time because of accredited certificates (Korea's government-backed digital certificates) and ActiveX-based services. It was later replaced by the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge and reached end of support; only compatibility with legacy sites remains, through Edge's IE mode.