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Settings (Windows)

Windows Settings (formerly PC settings), or simply Settings app, is a component of Microsoft Windows. It allows users to adjust their user preferences, configure their operating system, and manage their connected devices. Microsoft introduced Settings with Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8, and initially intended it to replace the Windows Control Panel…

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Developer
Microsoft
Included with
Windows 8 and later Windows Server 2012 and later
Type
Control panel

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Settings (Windows)

Nodes22
Edges21
Triples5
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.090909
Components1

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Settings (Windows)

Top relations

Developer · 1
Settings (Windows) → Microsoft
Included with · 1
Settings (Windows) → Windows 8 and later Windows Server 2012 and later
Type · 1
Settings (Windows) → Control panel
Website · 1
Settings (Windows) → learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/launch-resume/launch-settings-app

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Important terminology

windows app settings control panel server microsoft system pc devices 2012 update time added apps accounts users user operating first

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Settings (Windows)DeveloperMicrosoft1.00infobox
Settings (Windows)Included withWindows 8 and later Windows Server 2012 and later1.00infobox
Settings (Windows)TypeControl panel1.00infobox
Settings (Windows)Websitelearn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/launch-resume/launch-settings-app1.00infobox
Windows Updateinstance ofit has become the sole user interface and control point for functions0.80text

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