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'''Gecko''' (stylized as ɢecko) is a [[browser engine]] developed by [[Mozilla]]. Originally the IBM Web Browser. It is used in the [[Firefox]] browser, the [[Mozilla Thunderbird|Thunderbird]] [[email client]], and many other projects.

Gecko is designed to support [[Open standard|open]] [[web standards|Internet standards]], and is used by different applications to display [[web page]]s and, in some cases, an application's [[user interface]] itself (by rendering [[XUL]]). Gecko offers a rich programming [[application programming interface|API]] that makes it suitable for a wide variety of roles in Internet-enabled applications, such as [[web browsers]], content presentation, and [[client/server]].<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.mozilla.org/projects/embedding/ |title = Embedding Mozilla |publisher = Mozilla.org |date = 2012-10-25 |access-date = 2012-10-31 }}</ref>