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desktop environment
Definition: Edge
(1) Not in the cloud. See edge network, edge router and edge AI.
(2) Microsoft's Web browser, which superseded Internet Explorer. Edge was first released with Windows 10. See Edge browser.
(3) A wrap-around screen feature in earlier Samsung smartphones (see Note Edge and Galaxy S6 Edge).
(4) (EDGE) (Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution/Global Evolution) A digital data service provided by GSM carriers worldwide. Debuting in 2003 and also called "Enhanced GPRS" (EGPRS), EDGE was a 2.5G technology that was part of the 3G specification. Superseding GPRS, EDGE users experienced downstream data rates from 100 Kbps to 1 Mbps. When 3G or 4G service was unavailable, smartphones dropped down to the slower EDGE service. See cellular generations, Wi-Fi vs. cellular, GSM, GPRS, TDMA and UWC-136.
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(2) Microsoft's Web browser, which superseded Internet Explorer. Edge was first released with Windows 10. See Edge browser.
(3) A wrap-around screen feature in earlier Samsung smartphones (see Note Edge and Galaxy S6 Edge).
(4) (EDGE) (Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution/Global Evolution) A digital data service provided by GSM carriers worldwide. Debuting in 2003 and also called "Enhanced GPRS" (EGPRS), EDGE was a 2.5G technology that was part of the 3G specification. Superseding GPRS, EDGE users experienced downstream data rates from 100 Kbps to 1 Mbps. When 3G or 4G service was unavailable, smartphones dropped down to the slower EDGE service. See cellular generations, Wi-Fi vs. cellular, GSM, GPRS, TDMA and UWC-136.
If an iPhone 3G found a 3G cell tower, it used the higher HSDPA speed. However, it throttled down to EDGE (E) if a 3G HSDPA channel was not available. See HSPA.