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		shin_lao on Nov 12, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft's Skydrive sends two million NULL charac... Internet Explorer, since version 8, has one process per tab.

gizmogwai on Nov 12, 2012 [–]

AFAIK, IE8 still had one process per Window, not per tab. It changed in IE9.

ygra on Nov 12, 2012 | [–]

IE has tab processes and a UI process – the tab processes can handle more than one tab and do so on slower systems.

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