<s>
Blink	B-Language
is	O
a	O
browser	B-Protocol
engine	I-Protocol
developed	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Chromium	B-Language
project	I-Language
with	O
contributions	O
from	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
Meta	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
Opera	B-Application
Software	O
,	O
Adobe	O
,	O
Intel	O
,	O
IBM	O
,	O
Samsung	B-Application
,	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blink	B-Language
's	O
naming	O
was	O
influenced	O
by	O
a	O
combination	O
two	O
major	O
factors	O
:	O
the	O
connotations	O
of	O
speed	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
the	O
non-standard	O
presentational	O
blink	B-Application
HTML	I-Application
element	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
introduced	O
by	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	I-Protocol
and	O
supported	O
by	O
Presto	B-Application
-	O
and	O
Gecko-based	O
browsers	O
until	O
August	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blink	B-Language
has	O
,	O
contrary	O
to	O
its	O
name	O
,	O
never	O
functionally	O
supported	O
the	O
element	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blink	B-Language
is	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
the	O
WebCore	B-Language
component	O
of	O
WebKit	B-Language
,	O
which	O
was	O
originally	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
the	O
KHTML	B-Language
and	O
KJS	B-Language
libraries	O
from	O
KDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
Chrome	B-Operating_System
starting	O
at	O
version	O
28	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Edge	I-Application
starting	O
at	O
version	O
79	O
,	O
Opera	B-Application
(	O
15+	O
)	O
,	O
Vivaldi	B-Language
,	O
Brave	B-Application
,	O
Amazon	B-Protocol
Silk	I-Protocol
and	O
other	O
Chromium-based	O
browsers	O
and	O
frameworks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
of	O
WebCore	B-Language
's	O
code	O
was	O
used	O
for	O
features	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
implemented	O
differently	O
such	O
as	O
sandboxing	O
and	O
the	O
multi-process	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
parts	O
were	O
altered	O
for	O
the	O
Blink	B-Language
fork	B-Application
,	O
and	O
although	O
slightly	O
bulkier	O
,	O
it	O
allowed	O
greater	O
flexibility	O
for	O
adding	O
new	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
fork	B-Application
also	O
deprecates	O
CSS	B-Language
vendor	O
prefixes	O
;	O
existing	O
prefixes	O
will	O
be	O
phased	O
out	O
and	O
new	O
experimental	O
functionality	O
will	O
instead	O
be	O
enabled	O
on	O
an	O
opt-in	O
basis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aside	O
from	O
these	O
planned	O
changes	O
,	O
Blink	B-Language
initially	O
remained	O
relatively	O
similar	O
to	O
WebCore	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
commit	O
count	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
was	O
the	O
largest	O
contributor	O
to	O
the	O
WebKit	B-Language
code	O
base	O
from	O
late	O
2009	O
until	O
2013	O
when	O
they	O
started	O
work	O
on	O
their	O
fork	B-Application
,	O
Blink	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blink	B-Language
engine	B-Protocol
has	O
the	O
following	O
components	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Blink	B-Language
exposes	O
a	O
public	O
API	O
that	O
allows	O
browsers	O
such	O
as	O
Chromium	B-Language
to	O
interact	O
with	O
Blink	B-Language
while	O
remaining	O
insulated	O
from	O
internal	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
browser	B-Protocol
engine	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
projects	O
exist	O
to	O
turn	O
Chromium	B-Language
's	O
Blink	B-Language
into	O
a	O
reusable	O
software	B-Architecture
framework	I-Architecture
for	O
other	O
developers	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
currently	O
supported	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
since	O
version	B-Application
4.4	I-Application
)	O
,	O
the	O
WebView	O
component	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Blink	B-Language
instead	O
of	O
WebKit	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chromium	B-Language
Embedded	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
is	O
widely	O
used	O
in	O
software	O
by	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
,	O
streaming	O
media	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
Spotify	B-Application
,	O
video	O
game	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
Battle.net	B-Operating_System
and	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NW.js	O
(	O
previously	O
known	O
as	O
Node-Webkit	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
original	O
Node.js	B-Language
based	O
framework	O
and	O
is	O
being	O
developed	O
by	O
Intel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electron	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
Node.js	B-Language
based	O
framework	O
developed	O
by	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Qt	B-Language
5	I-Language
framework	I-Language
,	O
the	O
Qt	B-Language
WebEngine	O
module	O
supersedes	O
the	O
previous	O
QtWebKit	O
module	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Qt	B-Language
WebEngine	O
replaced	O
the	O
Apple-developed	O
WebKit	B-Language
engine	B-Protocol
with	O
Blink	B-Language
because	O
of	O
its	O
cross-platform	O
features	O
(	O
like	O
WebRTC	B-Protocol
,	O
WebGL	B-Library
,	O
WebSockets	B-Protocol
,	O
system	B-Operating_System
calls	I-Operating_System
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Qt	B-Language
developers	O
found	O
it	O
easier	O
to	O
maintain	O
and	O
test	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Edge	I-Application
WebView2	O
is	O
a	O
framework	O
that	O
allows	O
developers	O
of	O
Windows	O
apps	O
to	O
implement	O
a	O
desktop	O
app	O
using	O
web	O
technologies	O
,	O
replacing	O
the	O
older	O
WebView	O
EdgeHTML	B-Application
based	O
or	O
WebBrowser	B-Application
MSHTML	B-Application
based	O
controls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DotNetBrowser	B-Application
is	O
a	O
proprietary	O
.NET	O
Chromium-based	O
library	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
use	O
Chromium	B-Language
capabilities	O
in	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
.NET	O
applications	O
,	O
including	O
desktop	O
and	O
server	O
solutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chromium	B-Language
Blink	B-Language
is	O
implemented	O
on	O
seven	O
platforms	O
:	O
Windows	O
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
ChromeOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
Fuchsia	B-Language
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
WebView	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blink	B-Language
is	O
also	O
unofficially	O
supported	O
on	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
and	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
iOS	O
versions	O
of	O
Chromium	B-Language
continue	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
WebKit	B-Language
WebCore	B-Language
renderer	O
.	O
</s>
