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Cheat Sheet: What you need to know about Edge on Chromium

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Published onDecember 13, 2018

published onDecember 13, 2018

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Microsoft’s news that it’sshifting its Edge web browseronto the Chromium engine has prompted discussion around a broad swathe of different web technologies. If you’ve found all the names and jargon confusing, you may find this reference of use.

We’ve put together a cheat sheet of key terms and technologies. It should help you understand the roles of the different projects and what’s changing within Edge. Phrases in italics in the definitions indicate a reference to another term within this cheat sheet.

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Web technologies

This glossary provides a high-level overview of each of these technologies and terms; if you want to learn more, we encourage you to head to the websites of each featured project. Although these technologies may go unnoticed by users, they’re instrumental to the web and make it possible for us to consume webpages using our browsers.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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