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Insiders have reported on this previously. Basically the "new" rendering engine is a fork of Trident which removes backwards compatibility and legacy code. They

by Eyas 12y ago

Insiders have reported on this previously. Basically the "new" rendering engine is a fork of Trident which removes backwards compatibility and legacy code. They might call it something else, but the new engine is basically Trident, refactored, and without the legacy cruft. Source: http://www.neowin.net/news/internet-explorer-12-big-changes-are-coming-to-trident http://www.neowin.net/news/internet-explorer-12-big-changes-... Validated by a few other insiders, including Paul Thurrott, Tom Warren (The Verge), and Mary Jo Foley (ZDNet).

Touche 12y ago
So in this case fork = rename.
- Eyas 12y ago
  My understanding is fork = fork + rename. An actual fork did take place, the older branch will continue to be maintained for a separate browser process used by enterprises for compatibility.
- phaker 12y ago
  Webkit was called called a fork of khtml, if that was a fork then so is this.