A dyke (or dike) in geology is a type of later vertical rock between older layers of rock. Technically, it is any geologic body which cuts across:1  flat wall rock structures, such as bedding. dyke (or dike) in geology is a type of later vertical rock between older layers of rock. Technically, it is any geologic body which cuts across: 1  flat wall rock structures, such as bedding.
Another example would be the âdefault browserâ on your computer. Windows PCs come with Internet Explorer (the blue âEâ icon) as the default browser, just as Apple includes their own Safari browser as the default on their Mac computers.
Ok so Microsoft is about to launch a new browser that's not Internet Explorer and will be the default browser in Windows 10. Wow. â Thomas Nigro (@ThomasNigro) December 18, 2014. Importantly, Nigro notes that the new browser would be the default.Longtime Microsoft observer Mary Jo Foley at ZDNet expanded on the tweet, citing unnamed sources who said Internet Explorer 11, the default browser in Windows 8.1, would still be present for backward compatibility.ebranding the official Windows browser makes a great deal of sense. Internet Explorer has a poor reputation among developers and users, much of it rooted in Microsoft's traditional preference for proprietary tools over open standards.