Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a group of several graphical operating system families, all of which are developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft . Each family caters to a certain sector of the computing industry. Active Windows families include Windows NT and Windows Embedded ; these may encompass subfamilies, e.g. Windows Embedded Compact (Windows CE) or Windows Server . Defunct Windows families include Windows 9x , Windows Mobile and Windows Phone .

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1. Genealogy

2. Version history

3. Version control system

4. Timeline of releases

5. Usage share and device sales

6. Security

7. Alternative implementations

8. See also

9. References

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Microsoft Windows is a group of several graphical operating system families, all of which are developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft . Each family caters to a certain sector of the computing industry. Active Windows families include Windows NT and Windows Embedded ; these may encompass subfamilies, e.g. Windows Embedded Compact (Windows CE) or Windows Server . Defunct Windows families include Windows 9x , Windows Mobile and Windows Phone .

2017

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1. Genealogy

2. Version history

3. Version control system

4. Timeline of releases

5. Usage share and device sales

6. Security

7. Alternative implementations

8. See also

9. References

10. External links

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Microsoft Windows , or simply Windows , is a group of several graphical operating system families, all of which are developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft . Each family caters to a certain sector of the computing industry. Active Windows families include Windows NT and Windows Embedded ; these may encompass subfamilies, e.g. Windows Embedded Compact (Windows CE) or Windows Server . Defunct Windows families include Windows 9x , Windows Mobile and Windows Phone .

2016

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1. Genealogy

2. Version history

3. Timeline of releases

4. Usage share and device sales

5. Security

6. Alternative implementations

7. See also

8. References

9. External links

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Microsoft Windows (or simply Windows ) is a metafamily of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft . It consists of several families of operating systems, each of which cater to a certain sector of the computing industry with the OS typically associated with IBM PC compatible architecture. Active Windows families include Windows NT , Windows Embedded and Windows Phone ; these may encompass subfamilies, e.g. Windows Embedded Compact (Windows CE) or Windows Server . Defunct Windows families include Windows 9x ; Windows 10 Mobile is an active product, unrelated to the defunct family Windows Mobile .

2015

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1. Genealogy

2. Version history

3. Timeline of releases

4. Usage share

5. Security

6. Alternative implementations

7. See also

8. References

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Microsoft Windows (or simply Windows ) is a metafamily of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft . It consists of several families of operating systems, each of which cater to a certain sector of the computing industry. Active Windows families include Windows NT , Windows Embedded and Windows Phone ; these may encompass subfamilies, e.g. Windows Embedded Compact (Windows CE) or Windows Server . Defunct Windows families include Windows 9x and Windows Mobile .

2014

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1. Genealogy

2. Version history

3. Timeline of releases

4. Usage share

5. Security

6. Alternative implementations

7. See also

8. References

9. External links

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Microsoft Windows or Windows is a metafamily of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft . It consists of several families of operating systems, each of which cater to a certain sector of the computing industry. Active Windows families include Windows NT , Windows Embedded and Windows Phone ; these may encompass subfamilies, e.g. Windows Embedded Compact (Windows CE) or Windows Server . Defunct Windows families include Windows 9x and Windows Mobile .

2013

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1. Version history

2. Timeline of releases

3. Usage share

4. Security

5. Alternative implementations

6. See also

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Microsoft Windows is a series of graphical interface operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft .

2012

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2. Timeline of releases

3. Usage share

4. Security

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Microsoft Windows is a series of graphical interface operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft .

2011

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2. History

3. Timeline of releases

4. Usage share

5. Security

6. Emulation software

7. See also

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Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs). [4] Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS , which had been introduced in 1984.

2010

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1. Versions

2. History

3. Timeline of releases

4. Usage share

5. Security

6. Emulation software

7. See also

8. References

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Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft . Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs). [4] Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS , which had been introduced in 1984. As of October 2009, Windows had approximately 91% of the market share of the client operating systems for usage on the Internet . [5] [6] [7] The most recent client version of Windows is Windows 7 ; the most recent server version is Windows Server 2008 R2 ; the most recent mobile OS version is Windows Phone 7 .

2009

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Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft . Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs). [3] Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS , which had been introduced previously. As of October 2009, Windows had approximately 91% of the market share of the client operating systems for usage on the Internet. [4] [5] [6] The most recent client version of Windows is Windows 7 ; the most recent server version is Windows Server 2008 R2 .

2008

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2. History

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Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft . Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs). [3] Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS , which had been introduced previously. At the 2004 IDC Directions conference, it was stated that Windows had approximately 90% of the client operating system market. [4] The most recent client version of Windows is Windows Vista ; the most recent server version is Windows Server 2008 .

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Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of software operating systems by Microsoft . Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs). [3] Microsoft Windows eventually came to dominate the world's personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS , which had been introduced previously. At the 2004 IDC Directions conference, IDC Vice President Avneesh Saxena stated that Windows had approximately 90% of the client operating system market. [4] The current client version of Windows is Windows Vista . The current server version of Windows is Windows Server 2003 . The successor to Windows Server 2003 , Windows Server 2008 is currently being beta tested .

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Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of proprietary operating systems by Microsoft . They can run on several types of platforms such as servers , embedded devices and, most typically, on personal computers . Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing trend of graphical user interfaces (GUI) popularized by the Macintosh . Microsoft Windows eventually came to dominate the world's personal computer market. At the 2004 IDC Directions conference, IDC Vice President Avneesh Saxena stated that Windows had approximately 90% of the client operating system market. [3]

2005

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2. Microsoft Windows versions

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Microsoft Windows is a series of operating environments and operating systems created by Microsoft for use on personal computers and servers .

2004

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Microsoft Windows is a range of commercial operating environments for personal computers . The range was first introduced by Microsoft in 1985 and eventually has come to dominate the world personal computer market. All recent versions of Windows are fully-fledged operating systems .

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Microsoft Windows is a range of operating environments for personal computers . The range was first introduced by Microsoft in 1985 and eventually came to dominate the world personal computer market. All recent versions of Windows also function as a fully-fledged operating system .

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Windows is the dominant computer operating system , and is used on over 90% of personal computers as of 2002 .

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In 1985, Microsoft corporation released Microsoft Windows 1.0 , an enhanced user interface and set of applications for its MS-DOS operating system . This was seen at the time as a response to the popular Apple Macintosh computer released in 1984. See History of the graphical user interface .