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Microsoft Windows version history

Microsoft Windows was announced by Bill Gates on November 10, 1983, 2 years before it was first released. Microsoft introduced Windows as a graphical user interface for MS-DOS, which had been introduced two years earlier, on August 12, 1981. The product line evolved in the 1990s from an operating environment into a fully complete, modern operating system…

Products, OS/2 and Windows 2.x & Windows NT 3.x

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OS/2 and Windows 2.x

XenixIBMOS/2286Presentation Manager
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Windows NT 3.x

Dave CutlerVAX/VMSDigital Equipment CorporationMICAProfessional Developers Conference
20 related topics

Windows XP and Windows Server 2003

CriticismSecurityService PackWindows XP Home EditionWindows XP Professional
25 related topics

Windows 10 and corresponding Server versions

CortanaMicrosoft EdgeFind My iPhoneIPhoneCanonical
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Windows 1.0

OS/2 and Windows 2.x

Windows 3.0

Windows 3.1

Windows NT 3.x

Windows 95

Windows NT 4.0

Windows 98

Windows 2000

Windows Me

Windows XP and Windows Server 2003

Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 and 2011

Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012

Windows 10 and corresponding Server versions

Stable releases

Windows 11 and corresponding Server versions

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Microsoft Windows version history

Nodes283
Edges282
Triples22
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007067
Components1

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windows microsoft version released features server system support nt new 10 update release xp also operating versions 95 included os

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
User Account Controlinstance offocused on securing the Windows operating system against computer viruses and other malicious software by introducing features0.80text
Netscape.In 1999instance ofdealing with the question of whether Microsoft was introducing unfair practices into the market in an effort to eliminate competition from other companies0.80text
Microsoft released Windows 98 Second Editioninstance ofdealing with the question of whether Microsoft was introducing unfair practices into the market in an effort to eliminate competition from other companies0.80text
an interim releaseinstance ofdealing with the question of whether Microsoft was introducing unfair practices into the market in an effort to eliminate competition from other companies0.80text
Windows Media Playerinstance ofthere were other editions that lacked some features0.80text
Windows Media Centerinstance ofthere were other editions that lacked some features0.80text
Internet Explorerinstance ofthere were other editions that lacked some features0.80text
Windows Display Driver Modelinstance ofsupport for newly developed APIs0.80text
Notepad.Version 1909instance ofthis was the first version to allow an application to default to using UTF-8 as the process code page and to default to UTF-8 as the code page in programs0.80text
announced as the Windows 10 November 2019 Updateinstance ofthis was the first version to allow an application to default to using UTF-8 as the process code page and to default to UTF-8 as the code page in programs0.80text
codenamed 19H2instance ofthis was the first version to allow an application to default to using UTF-8 as the process code page and to default to UTF-8 as the code page in programs0.80text
was released on November 12instance ofthis was the first version to allow an application to default to using UTF-8 as the process code page and to default to UTF-8 as the code page in programs0.80text

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