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Windows 95

Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft, released to manufacturing on July 14, 1995, and to retail on August 24, 1995. The first of the Windows 9x line of operating systems, Windows 95, which replaced Windows 3.1, merged Microsoft's MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows operating systems into a single product, and featured major…

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Developer
Microsoft
Final release
OEM Service Release 2.5 (4.0.950 C) / November 26, 1997; 28 years ago (1997-11-26)
General availability
August 24, 1995; 30 years ago (1995-08-24)
Kernel type
Monolithic
License
Proprietary commercial software
Official website
Windows 95 (archived at Wayback Machine)

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Architecture

User interface

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Upgradeability

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Windows 95

Nodes216
Edges215
Triples267
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009259
Components1

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Windows 95

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related to Internet Explorer · 21
Windows 95 → Active Desktop, At, IBox, Internet, Internet Explorer, Internet-related, NCSA Mosaic, Netscape Navigator, OEM, OEM Service Release, OS, OSR2, Plus, TCP/IP, The, The CD, The Plus, While, Windows, Windows Desktop Update
related to Upgradeability · 21
Windows 95 → An, August, DirectX, Internet Explorer, It, January, June, Microsoft Office, Office, Professional, Similarly, The, The Windows Update, Updates, Windows, Windows Desktop Update, Windows Installer, Windows Me, Windows Media Player, Windows Update
related to Development · 20
Windows 95 → At, Cairo, Chicago, IBM, Initial, Initially, July, March, Microsoft, Microsoft's, MS-DOS, OS, OS/2, Simultaneously, The, Windows, Windows NT, Windows OS, WinFS, Workgroups
related to Release and promotion · 20
Windows 95 → Copies, However, In, It, Jennifer Aniston, Matthew Perry, Microsoft, Microsoft's US, PC World, Rolling Stones, Sales, Start, Start Me Up, The, The Rolling Stones, The Times, The Windows, UK, US, Windows
related to Architecture · 17
Windows 95 → Access, BIOS, Each, Egghead Software, I/O, In, Input/Output Supervisor, Miniport, MS-DOS, PC, Port, Real Mode Mapper, SCSI, The, The Windows, Windows, Workgroups
related to System requirements · 16
Windows 95 → CPU, GB, GHz, In, Intel, It, MB, Mhz, Microsoft, Official, RAM, The, These, This, To, Windows
related to Long file names · 15
Windows 95 → ADMIN, APPTOOLS, CD-ROM, Competing DOS-compatible, DOS, During, File Access, In, It, LFNBACK, MS-DOS, Using, VFAT, When Windows, Windows
related to Startup sound · 15
Windows 95 → Brian Eno, Congress, Erik Gavriluk, In, Library, Mark Malamud, May, May Test Release, Microsoft, National Recording Registry, TADA, The, The Microsoft Sound, WAV, Windows
related to Beta · 14
Windows 95 → Before Windows, Chicago, During, For US, Microsoft, MSN, November, Participants, Preview Program, The, The Microsoft Network, United Kingdom, United States, Windows
related to Editions · 14
Windows 95 → DriveSpace, For, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, Microsoft Plus, OEM Service Releases, OEMs, Only, OSR, PCs, Service Pack, Several Windows, Together, Windows

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windows 95 microsoft system ms-dos release file explorer dos internet version support 32-bit also user desktop operating used drivers released

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Windows 95DeveloperMicrosoft1.00infobox
Windows 95Final releaseOEM Service Release 2.5 (4.0.950 C) / November 26, 1997; 28 years ago (1997-11-26)1.00infobox
Windows 95General availabilityAugust 24, 1995; 30 years ago (1995-08-24)1.00infobox
Windows 95Kernel typeMonolithic1.00infobox
Windows 95LicenseProprietary commercial software1.00infobox
Windows 95Official websiteWindows 95 (archived at Wayback Machine)1.00infobox
Windows 95Preceded byWindows 3.1 (1992)1.00infobox
Windows 95Released to manufacturingJuly 14, 1995; 31 years ago (1995-07-14)1.00infobox
Windows 95Source modelClosed source1.00infobox
Windows 95Succeeded byWindows 98 (1998)1.00infobox
Windows 95Supported platformsIA-321.00infobox
Windows 95Working stateNo longer supported1.00infobox
Windows 95is aconsumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft0.90text
Windows 95is aoperating system or merely a graphical shell running on top of MS-DOS.When the graphical user interface is started0.90text
Windows 95is asuccessor to Windows for Pen Computing that added pen computing features in Windows 95 for use in Tablet PCs0.90text

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