May 15, 2003

Internet Exploiter

n.

Another common name-of-insult for Internet Explorer, Microsoft's overweight Web Browser; more hostile than Internet Exploder. Reflects widespread hostility to Microsoft and a sense that it is seeking to hijack, monopolize, and corrupt the Internet. Compare Exploder and the less pejorative Netscrape.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:42 AM

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