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Windows CE

Windows CE, later known as Windows Embedded CE and Windows Embedded Compact, is a discontinued operating system developed by Microsoft for mobile and embedded devices. Originally targeted solely at handheld computers, Windows CE evolved into a component-based, embedded, real-time operating system. It was part of the Windows Embedded family and served as…

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Developer
Microsoft
Final release
8.0 (Embedded Compact 2013) / June 13, 2013; 13 years ago (2013-06-13)
Initial release
November 16, 1996; 29 years ago (1996-11-16)
Kernel type
Monolithic
License
Commercial proprietary software
Official website
msdn.microsoft.com/embedded

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Windows CE

Nodes122
Edges121
Triples129
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016393
Components1

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Windows CE

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related to Others · 33
Windows CE → AutoHotkey, BASIC, Basic4ppc, C/C, CeGcc, CodeGear Delphi Prism, Embedded Visual Basic, GLBasic, GNU, GPS, GUI, It, Its, Jonathan Maxian Timkang, JScript, LabVIEW, MinGW, Mono, MortScript, NET
related to Relationship to Windows Mobile, Pocket PC, and Smartphone · 23
Windows CE → Apps, COM, Currently, DCOM, Each, Excel Mobile, Handheld PC, Often Windows CE, One, Platform Builder, Pocket Excel, Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone Edition, Pocket Word, Smartphone, Some, The, This, TrueType, Windows Mobile
related to Visual Studio · 16
Windows CE → CE, In Visual Studio, Managed, MB, Microsoft Visual Studio, NET, NET Compact Framework, NET Framework, Platform Builder, The, Visual Basic, Visual Studio, Windows CE/Windows Mobile, Windows Embedded Compact, Windows Phone, Windows Phone Developer Tools
related to External links · 12
Windows CE → Archived, Benchmarking Real-time Determinism, Blog, Factor, Handheld PCWindows XP Embedded, History, HPC, March, Microsoft Windows CEA Brief, MSDNMike Hall's Windows Embedded, Retrieved July, Site
related to history · 12
Windows CE → According, Bill Gates, CE, COMDEX, Computer Dealers' Exhibition, John McGill, Microsoft, Pegasus, The, Windows, Windows Embedded CE, Windows Embedded Compact
related to Features · 8
Windows CE → Devices, From Version, Microsoft's, Pegasus, ROM, The, This, Windows-like GUI
related to Free Pascal and Lazarus · 7
Windows CE → ARM, Free Pascal, IDE, Later, Lazarus, RAD, Version
see also · 5
Windows CE → ActiveSyncHandheld PCHandheld PC ExplorerList, CenterTablet PCWindows PhoneZune HDDreamcastWindows, Mobile, Windows CE DevicesMicrosoft KinModular, WindowsPalm-size PCPocket PCPortable Media
Source model · 2
Windows CE → Closed-source, Source-available (through Shared Source Initiative)
Developer · 1
Windows CE → Microsoft

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windows ce embedded mobile devices pc microsoft system compact pocket also operating platform apps version smartphone support phone based kernel

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Windows CEDeveloperMicrosoft1.00infobox
Windows CEFinal release8.0 (Embedded Compact 2013) / June 13, 2013; 13 years ago (2013-06-13)1.00infobox
Windows CEInitial releaseNovember 16, 1996; 29 years ago (1996-11-16)1.00infobox
Windows CEKernel typeMonolithic1.00infobox
Windows CELicenseCommercial proprietary software1.00infobox
Windows CEOfficial websitemsdn.microsoft.com/embedded1.00infobox
Windows CESource modelClosed-source1.00infobox
Windows CESource modelSource-available (through Shared Source Initiative)1.00infobox
Windows CESucceeded byWindows IoT1.00infobox
Windows CESupported platformsx86, 32-bit ARM, (SuperH up to 6.0 R2, MIPS and PowerPC were also supported)1.00infobox
Windows CEWritten inAssembly, C, C++, C#1.00infobox
Windows CEis amodular/componentized operating system that serves as the foundation of several classes of devices0.90text

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