<s>
Arachne	B-Language
is	O
a	O
stable	O
Internet	B-Protocol
suite	I-Protocol
containing	O
a	O
graphical	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
,	O
email	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
dialer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
,	O
Arachne	B-Language
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Michal	B-Language
Polák	I-Language
under	O
his	O
xChaos	B-Language
label	O
,	O
a	O
name	O
he	O
later	O
changed	O
into	O
Arachne	B-Language
Labs	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
C	B-Language
and	O
compiled	O
using	O
Borland	O
C++	O
3.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arachne	B-Language
has	O
since	O
been	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
as	O
Arachne	B-Language
GPL	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arachne	B-Language
primarily	O
runs	O
on	O
DOS-based	O
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
but	O
includes	O
builds	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Linux	B-Application
version	O
relies	O
on	O
SVGALib	B-Application
and	O
therefore	O
does	O
not	O
require	O
a	O
display	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arachne	B-Language
supports	O
many	O
file	O
formats	O
,	O
protocols	O
and	O
standards	O
including	O
video	O
modes	O
from	O
CGA	B-Device
640×200	O
in	O
monochrome	O
to	O
VESA	O
1024×768	O
in	O
high	O
color	O
mode	O
(	O
colors	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
designed	O
for	O
systems	O
that	O
do	O
not	O
have	O
any	O
windowing	B-Application
system	I-Application
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arachne	B-Language
supports	O
multiple	O
image	O
formats	O
including	O
JPEG	O
,	O
PNG	O
,	O
BMP	B-Device
and	O
animated	O
GIF	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
the	O
HTML	B-Language
4.0	I-Language
and	O
CSS	B-Language
1.0	I-Language
standards	O
,	O
including	O
full	O
support	O
for	O
tables	O
and	O
frames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
protocols	O
include	O
FTP	B-Protocol
,	O
NNTP	B-Protocol
for	O
USENET	B-Application
forums	O
,	O
POP3	B-Protocol
,	O
SMTP	B-Protocol
and	O
Gopher	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arachne	B-Language
includes	O
a	O
full-fledged	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
connection	O
suite	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
support	O
for	O
some	O
dial-up	O
and	O
Ethernet	O
connections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Arachne	B-Language
has	O
no	O
support	O
for	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
Java	B-Language
or	O
SSL	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arachne	B-Language
can	O
be	O
expanded	O
with	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
add-ons	O
for	O
such	O
tasks	O
as	O
watching	O
DivX	B-Application
movies	O
,	O
playing	O
MP3	B-Application
files	I-Application
,	O
IRC	B-Protocol
chat	I-Protocol
,	O
RSS	O
and	O
viewing	O
PDF	B-Application
documents	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arachne	B-Language
also	O
supports	O
DOS	B-Device
Gateway	O
Interface	O
(	O
DGI	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
unique	O
feature	O
similar	O
to	O
Common	B-Language
Gateway	I-Language
Interface	I-Language
(	O
CGI	O
)	O
scripting	O
on	O
the	O
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Arachne	B-Language
with	O
a	O
known	O
release	O
date	O
was	O
1.0	O
Beta	O
2	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
22	O
December	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
and	O
official	O
version	O
by	O
Arachne	B-Language
Labs	I-Language
was	O
1.70R3	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
(	O
released	O
22	O
January	O
2001	O
)	O
and	O
1.66	O
beta	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
(	O
released	O
20	O
July	O
2000	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
there	O
have	O
been	O
several	O
more	O
DOS	B-Device
versions	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
development	O
lay	O
dormant	O
until	O
24	O
May	O
2008	O
when	O
a	O
beta	O
version	O
1.93	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
,	O
maintained	O
by	O
Glenn	O
McCorkle	O
,	O
is	O
1.99	O
as	O
of	O
23	O
December	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
there	O
also	O
was	O
an	O
experimental	O
DPMI	O
port	O
of	O
Arachne	B-Language
by	O
Udo	O
Kuhnt	O
,	O
named	O
DPMI	O
Arachne	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arachne	B-Language
supports	O
a	O
limited	O
subset	O
of	O
stylesheets	O
and	O
HTML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
xChaos	B-Language
software	I-Language
licensed	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
Arachne	B-Language
to	O
Caldera	O
UK	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Caldera	O
UK	O
added	O
Novell	O
's	O
dialer	O
and	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
stack	I-Protocol
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
SSL	B-Protocol
,	O
implemented	O
their	O
own	O
support	O
for	O
frames	O
,	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
animated	O
GIFs	O
,	O
audio	O
output	O
,	O
printing	O
on	O
a	O
multitude	O
of	O
printers	O
,	O
an	O
optional	O
on-screen	O
keyboard	O
for	O
mouse	O
and	O
touch	O
panel	O
usage	O
(	O
SoftKeyboards	O
)	O
,	O
user	O
profiles	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
completely	O
changed	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
(	O
customizable	O
)	O
,	O
using	O
Allegro	B-Language
for	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
they	O
ported	O
it	O
to	O
compile	O
as	O
a	O
32-bit	O
protected	O
mode	O
extended	O
DOS	B-Device
application	O
(	O
utilizing	O
DPMI	O
using	O
DJGPP	B-Application
,	O
a	O
GNU	O
compiler	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
)	O
,	O
while	O
Arachne	B-Language
is	O
a	O
16-bit	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
program	O
was	O
sold	O
as	O
DR-WebSpyder	B-Application
in	O
1998	O
;	O
the	O
name	O
was	O
to	O
associate	O
it	O
with	O
DR-DOS	B-Application
,	O
which	O
Caldera	O
owned	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Caldera	O
had	O
transferred	O
DR-DOS	B-Application
to	O
its	O
branch	O
company	O
Caldera	O
Thin	O
Clients	O
,	O
which	O
renamed	O
itself	O
into	O
Lineo	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
was	O
referred	O
to	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Embrowser	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2000	O
,	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
port	O
of	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
has	O
been	O
called	O
Embedix	B-Protocol
Browser	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
