Microsoft Trident engine

All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Internet Explorer technology	1
MSHTML	1
MSHTML.DLL	1
Microsoft Internet Explorer engine	1
Microsoft Trident engine canonical	1
Windows Explorer (HTML rendering components)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7895644 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Microsoft Trident engine
Context triple: [360 Secure Browser (Trident mode), basedOn, Microsoft Trident engine]

A. Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer is a discontinued web browser that was once the dominant way to access the web on Windows computers.
B. 360 Secure Browser (Trident mode)
360 Secure Browser (Trident mode) is a browsing mode of the Chinese web browser 360 Secure Browser that uses Microsoft’s Trident engine to render web pages for compatibility with older Internet Explorer–optimized sites.
C. Tencent QQ Browser (legacy Trident mode)
Tencent QQ Browser (legacy Trident mode) is an older version of Tencent’s web browser that relied on Microsoft’s Trident engine to render web pages, similar to Internet Explorer.
D. IE
IE is a common abbreviation for the Inland Empire, a metropolitan region in Southern California east of Los Angeles.
E. IE
IE is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Ireland for international standardization and identification.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Microsoft Trident engine
Target entity description: Microsoft Trident engine is a proprietary web browser layout engine developed by Microsoft and primarily used in Internet Explorer to render web pages.

A. Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer is a discontinued web browser that was once the dominant way to access the web on Windows computers.
B. 360 Secure Browser (Trident mode)
360 Secure Browser (Trident mode) is a browsing mode of the Chinese web browser 360 Secure Browser that uses Microsoft’s Trident engine to render web pages for compatibility with older Internet Explorer–optimized sites.
C. Tencent QQ Browser (legacy Trident mode)
Tencent QQ Browser (legacy Trident mode) is an older version of Tencent’s web browser that relied on Microsoft’s Trident engine to render web pages, similar to Internet Explorer.
D. IE
IE is a common abbreviation for the Inland Empire, a metropolitan region in Southern California east of Los Angeles.
E. IE
IE is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Ireland for international standardization and identification.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	browser engine ⓘ layout engine ⓘ proprietary software ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	MSHTML ⓘ linked to: Microsoft Trident engine
codename	Trident ⓘ
componentOf	Internet Explorer 10 ⓘ linked to: Internet Explorer Internet Explorer 11 ⓘ linked to: Internet Explorer Internet Explorer 4 ⓘ linked to: Internet Explorer Internet Explorer 5 ⓘ linked to: Internet Explorer Internet Explorer 6 ⓘ linked to: Internet Explorer Internet Explorer 7 ⓘ linked to: Internet Explorer Internet Explorer 8 ⓘ linked to: Internet Explorer Internet Explorer 9 ⓘ linked to: Internet Explorer
developer	Microsoft ⓘ
fileName	MSHTML.DLL ⓘ linked to: Microsoft Trident engine
introducedInVersionOf	Internet Explorer 4.0 ⓘ linked to: Internet Explorer
introducedYear	1997 ⓘ
license	proprietary ⓘ
notableFor	deep integration with Windows operating system ⓘ historical compatibility issues with web standards ⓘ widespread enterprise intranet use ⓘ
operatingSystem	Microsoft Windows ⓘ linked to: Windows
platform	IA-64 ⓘ linked to: Itanium x64 ⓘ x86 ⓘ
replacedBy	Blink (via Chromium-based Microsoft Edge) ⓘ linked to: Blink (via Microsoft Edge Chromium) EdgeHTML ⓘ
supportsStandard	ActiveX (proprietary extension) ⓘ linked to: ActiveX CSS 1 ⓘ CSS 2.1 (partial) ⓘ DHTML ⓘ DOM Level 1 ⓘ DOM Level 2 (partial) ⓘ ECMAScript (JScript implementation) ⓘ linked to: JScript HTML 4.01 ⓘ VBScript (legacy) ⓘ linked to: VBScript Vector Markup Language (VML, proprietary) ⓘ linked to: SVG XMLHTTP (basis of AJAX, proprietary origin) ⓘ
usedIn	AOL 9.0 browser ⓘ linked to: AOL Desktop AOL Explorer ⓘ linked to: AOL Desktop Avant Browser ⓘ linked to: Avant Browser (legacy versions) GreenBrowser ⓘ Internet Explorer ⓘ Lunascape (Trident mode) ⓘ MSN Explorer ⓘ linked to: Microsoft Network (MSN) client Maxthon (Trident mode) ⓘ linked to: Maxthon (legacy versions) Microsoft Outlook (HTML rendering) ⓘ linked to: Outlook Web App Microsoft Outlook Express (HTML rendering) ⓘ linked to: Outlook Express NetCaptor ⓘ linked to: Maxthon (legacy versions) Sleipnir (Trident mode) ⓘ linked to: Trident SlimBrowser ⓘ Tencent Traveler ⓘ Windows Explorer (HTML rendering components) ⓘ linked to: Microsoft Trident engine Windows Help and Support Center (HTML rendering) ⓘ linked to: Windows Help
writtenInLanguage	C++ ⓘ

How these facts were elicited