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EdgeHTML is a [[fork (software development)|fork]] of the [[MSHTML]] (Trident) engine of [[Internet Explorer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neowin.net/news/whats-powering-spartan-internet-explorer-of-course|title=What's powering Spartan? Internet Explorer, of course|work=Neowin}}</ref> It is designed as a [[Component-based software engineering|software component]] that enables [[software developer|developers]] to easily add web browsing functionality to other [[application software|apps]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mackie|first=Kurt|date=10 December 2018|title=Microsoft Edge Browser To Get New Rendering Engine but EdgeHTML Continues|url=https://redmondmag.com/articles/2018/12/10/edgehtml-continues.aspx|access-date=2021-02-13|website=Redmondmag}}</ref>
 
In 2018, Microsoft began rebuilding Edge as a [[Chromium (web browser)|Chromium]]-based browser,<ref>{{citation |url=https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/12/06/microsoft-edge-making-the-web-better-through-more-open-source-collaboration |title=Microsoft Edge: Making the web better through more open source collaboration |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |first=Joe |last=Belfiore |date=2018-12-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/MSEdge/blob/7d69268e85e198cee1c2b452d888ac5b9e5995ca/README.md |title=Microsoft Edge and Chromium Open Source: Our Intent |date=6 December 2018 |publisher=Microsoft Edge Team |access-date=8 December 2018}}</ref> which meant that EdgeHTML would no longer be used in the Edge browser. This transition was completed in 2021. Past this date, EdgeHTML does, however, continue to be widely used in [[UWP apps]].<ref>{{citation|url=https://blog.ailon.org/you-think-you-can-forget-about-the-legacy-microsoft-edge-not-so-fast-28ce91270a22|title=You Think You Can Forget About the “Legacy” Microsoft Edge? Not So Fast!|publisher=[[Medium (website)|Medium]]|first=Alan|last=Mendelevich|date=2021-05-14}}</ref>
 
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