Internet Explorer or IM as it is known in short is a web browser, which was launched in 1995 by Microsoft as a supplementary support to Windows 98. Since then it has come a long way. Today after nearly seven generations of evolution you have the highly advanced Internet explorer 7.0 that brings you facilities such as streamlined interface, tabbed browsing, and much more! The many Internet Explorer Versions that have seen the light of the day were meant to revolutionize the way the world was used to the web browser. Formerly such web browsers as Erwise, ViolaWWW, Mosaic and Netscape Navigator had done well in the early 90's.
Windows Microsoft Explorer was previously called Microsoft Internet Explorer. It was initially meant to be used in the following kinds of computers:
• Macintosh or Windows computers
• UNIX on HP-UX
• UNIX on Sun Solaris
The Various versions of Internet Explorer have been given in details in the following list:
• Internet Explorer 1.0
• Internet Explorer 2.0
• Internet Explorer 3.0, Internet Explorer 3.0 (Windows 95 OSR2), 3.01,3.02 and 3.02a
• Internet Explorer 4.0 Platform Preview 1.0 (PP1), Platform Preview 2.0 (PP2), 4.0, 4.01, 4.01 Service Pack 1 (Windows 98), 4.01 Service Pack 2
• Internet Explorer 5 Developer Preview (Beta 1), 5.0, 5.0 (Office 2000), 5 (Windows 98 Second Edition), 5.01 (Windows 2000 Beta 3, build 5.00.2031), 5.01 (Windows 2000 RC1, build 5.00.2072) 5.01 (Windows 2000 RC2, build 5.00.2128), etc.
• Internet Explorer 6 Public Preview (Beta), 6 Public Preview (Beta) Refresh, 6 (Windows XP) Service Pack 1 (Windows XP SP1), 6 for Windows XP SP2, 6 for Windows Server 2003 RC1, etc.
• 7.00.5730.1100 Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 and 7 for Windows Vista.
The launch of Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 1.0 in 1995 saw the monopoly of the browser market for a while as because Microsoft Internet Explorer Installation came for free. Soon Internet explorer gave Netscape Navigator a tough competition and although navigator was made free after a while, Internet Explorer rules the market even to his day.
