Microsoft Windows
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Windows logo, introduced in 2012.
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| Company / developer | Microsoft |
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| Written in | Assembly, C, C++[1] |
| OS faimily | Windows 9x, Windows CE an Windows NT |
| Wirkin state | Publicly released |
| Soorce model | Closed / Shared soorce |
| Initial release | November 20, 1985 , as Windows 1.0 |
| Mercatin target | Personal computin |
| Available in | Multilingual (137 languages)[2] |
| Update method | Windows Update, Windows Anytime Upgrade |
| Platforms | ARM, IA-32, Itanium, x86-64 |
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| Default uiser interface | Windows Shell |
| License | Proprietary commercial software |
| Offeecial wabsteid | windows.microsoft.com |
Microsoft Windows is a series o graphical interface operatin seestems developed, marketed, an sauld bi Microsoft.
Microsoft introduced an operatin environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as a graphical operatin seestem shell for MS-DOS in response tae the growin interest in graphical uiser interfaces (GUI).[3] Microsoft Windows came tae dominate the warld's personal computer merkat wi ower 90% merkat share, owertakin Mac OS, which haed been introduced in 1984.
As o September 2013[update], the maist recent versions o Windows for personal computers, mobile devices, server computers an embeddit devices are respectively Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, Windows Server 2012 an Windows Embedded 8.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "NT Server Training: Architectural Overview. Lesson 2 – Windows NT System Overview.". Microsoft TechNet. Microsoft. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
- ↑ listing of available Windows 7 language packs
- ↑ "The Unusual History of Microsoft Windows". Retrieved April 22, 2007.
