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Windows 8 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was released to manufacturing on August 1, 2012, made available for download via MSDN and TechNet on August 15, 2012, and generally released for retail on October 26, 2012. Its server counterpart, Windows Server 2012, was released a month earlier on September 4, 2012.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows 8 | Developer | Microsoft | 1.00 | infobox |
| Windows 8 | Final release | July 2023 update rollup (6.2.9200.24374) / July 11, 2023; 3 years ago (2023-07-11) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Windows 8 | General availability | October 26, 2012; 13 years ago (2012-10-26) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Windows 8 | Kernel type | Hybrid | 1.00 | infobox |
| Windows 8 | License | Trialware, Microsoft Software Assurance, MSDN subscription, DreamSpark | 1.00 | infobox |
| Windows 8 | Marketing target | Consumer and business | 1.00 | infobox |
| Windows 8 | Official website | Windows 8 (archived at Wayback Machine) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Windows 8 | Preceded by | Windows 7 (2009) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Windows 8 | Released to manufacturing | August 1, 2012; 14 years ago (2012-08-01) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Windows 8 | Source model | Closed-source | 1.00 | infobox |
| Windows 8 | Source model | Source-available (through Shared Source Initiative) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Windows 8 | Succeeded by | Windows 8.1 (2013) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Windows 8 | Supported platforms | IA-32, x86-64 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Windows 8 | Update method | Windows Update, Windows Server Update Services | 1.00 | infobox |
| Windows 8 | Userland | Windows API, .NET Framework, WinRT, NTVDM | 1.00 | infobox |
| Windows 8 | is a | major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft | 0.90 | text |
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