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WebKit is the name of the {{Glossary("browser")}} engine used by {{Glossary("Apple Safari")}} to display web pages. Because it is highly portable and customizable it is also used in many mobile web browsers.

WebKit's {{Glossary("HTML")}} and {{Glossary("JavaScript")}} code originally started as a fork of the KHTML and KJS libraries, but since then has been further developed by KDE, Apple, Google, Nokia, BlackBerry and others.

The engine is partly available under a BSD-style license, partly under the {{Glossary("LGPL", "GNU Lesser General Public License"}}. As of March 2013, Webkit is a trademark of Apple.

WebKit consists of two important components:

WebCore - Library for layouting, rendering and {{Glossary("DOM")}}
JavaScriptCore - JavaScript engine

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<p><em>WebKit</em> is the name of the {{Glossary("browser")}} engine used by {{Glossary("Apple Safari")}} to display web pages. Because it is highly portable and customizable it is also used in many mobile web browsers.</p>

<p>WebKit's {{Glossary("HTML")}} and {{Glossary("JavaScript")}} code originally started as a fork of the KHTML and KJS libraries, but since then has been further developed by KDE, Apple, Google, Nokia, BlackBerry and others.</p>

<p>The engine is partly available under a BSD-style license, partly under the {{Glossary("LGPL", "GNU Lesser General Public License"}}. As of March 2013, Webkit is a trademark of Apple.</p>

<p>WebKit consists of two important components:</p>

<p><strong>WebCore</strong> - Library for layouting, rendering and {{Glossary("DOM")}}<br />
 <strong>JavaScriptCore</strong> - JavaScript engine</p>

<h2>Learn more</h2>

<h3 id="General_knowledge" style="line-height: 24px;">General knowledge</h3>

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 <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebKit">WebKit on Wikipedia</a></li>
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