WinInet - won't work without Internet Explorer?

Question

Hello,

I saw this quote on the Microsoft website:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-US/troubleshoot/browsers/wininet-not-supported-in-services

In order to understand the limitations unique to using WinInet in a server environment, it is necessary to understand WinInet's history. WinInet was developed for use by Internet Explorer. In fact, to use later versions of WinInet, you must load a minimal installation of Internet Explorer.

I don't understand something: is WinInet a Windows API or an InternetExplorer API? An application written using WinInet without Internet Explorer itself - will it work?

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