internet exploiter

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internet exploiter - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 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.