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Chromium is a free and open-source web browser project, primarily developed and maintained by Google. [3] It is a widely-used codebase , providing the vast majority of code for Google Chrome and many other browsers, including Microsoft Edge , Samsung Internet , and Opera .
Microsoft Edge (or simply nicknamed Edge), based on the Chromium open-source project, also known as The New Microsoft Edge or New Edge, is a proprietary cross-platform web browser created by Microsoft, superseding Edge Legacy. [8] [9] [10] In Windows 11, Edge is the only browser available from Microsoft.
In January 2016, the company released developer versions of its open-source, Chromium-based Brave web browser, [40] which blocks ads and trackers. [41] [42] At Brave Software, Eich co-created the Basic Attention Token (BAT), a cryptocurrency designed for use in the Brave browser.
Chromium is a chemical element; ... The resulting bright blue solution created from dissolving chromium(II) chloride is stable at neutral pH. [21]
Google created V8 for its Chrome browser, and both were first released in 2008. [4] The lead developer of V8 was Lars Bak, and it was named after the powerful car engine. [5] For several years, Chrome was faster than other browsers at executing JavaScript. [6] [7] [8] The V8 assembler is based on the Strongtalk assembler. [9]
Another early browser, Silversmith, was created by John Bottoms in 1986. [23] [24] The browser, based on SGML tags, [25] used a tag set from the Electronic Document Project of the AAP with minor modifications and was sold to a number of early adopters. [26] [27] [28] At the time SGML was used exclusively for the formatting of printed documents.
Hexavalent chromium is a group one carcinogen, according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer, meaning it is known to cause cancer in humans.
Lawrence Edward Page was born on March 26, 1973, [20] in Lansing, Michigan. [21] [22] His mother is Jewish; [23] his maternal grandfather later immigrated to Israel, [22] though Page's household while growing up was secular.