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Windows 3.1

Windows 3.1 is a consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft, released to manufacturing on April 6, 1992. Unlike its predecessors, which ran as a shell on top of MS-DOS, its 386 Enhanced Mode functioned as a virtual machine monitor virtualizing DOS as a guest. It was the last Windows 16-bit operating system, after which future versions of…

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Developer
Microsoft
Final release
3.11 / November 8, 1993; 32 years ago (1993-11-08)
Kernel type
Monolithic
License
Commercial software
Preceded by
Windows 3.0 (1990)
Released to manufacturing
April 6, 1992; 34 years ago (1992-04-06)

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Windows for Workgroups

Windows for Pen Computing

System requirements

  • Hayes Hayes Microcomputer Products

Reception

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Windows 3.1

Nodes143
Edges142
Triples191
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013986
Components1

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Windows 3.1

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related to Windows 3.1 · 27
Windows 3.1 → Adobe Type Manager, Arial, ATM, AVI, Courier New, Embedding, Further, Microsoft, MIDI, Minesweeper, MS-DOS, Multimedia Extensions, Object Linking, OLE, PCs, Reversi, Solitaire, Sound Recorder, SVGA, The Media Player
related to Reception · 21
Windows 3.1 → Chris Pratley, Customers, DOS, Editor's Choice, Great Plains Software, GUI, IBM OS/2, InfoWorld, It, LAN-based, LAN-based Windows, Microsoft, Naming Intellisoft's Accounting Vision/32, PC, PC Magazine, Pentium-based, The, While, Windows, Windows-based
related to Windows for Workgroups 3.1 · 18
Windows 3.1 → Codenamed Winball, DOS, Embedding, It, Microsoft Mail, Microsoft Schedule, NetBEUI, Object Linking, October, OS/2, Server Message Block, SMB, Sparta, The, The Microsoft Hearts, The Workgroups, Windows, Workgroups
related to history · 16
Windows 3.1 → After, April, Enhanced Mode, IBM, March, Mather, Microsoft, MS-DOS, MS-DOS Executive, Ogilvy, PCs, Tandy Corporation, Tandy Sensation PCs, The, Unlike, Windows
related to Legacy · 16
Windows 3.1 → By, In, In November, Internet Archive, It, Linux, On July, Orly Airport, OS, Paris, PC, Qantas, Virgin Atlantic, Whether, Windows, Workgroups
related to DR-DOS compatibility · 14
Windows 3.1 → AARD, Digital Research, DOS, DR-DOS, It, Memos, Microsoft, Microsoft Corp, Microsoft-licensed DOS, Novell, The, United States, When Caldera, Windows
related to Windows 3.1 for Central and Eastern Europe · 14
Windows 3.1 → Central, Cyrillic, Czech, Eastern Europe, Hungarian, It, Japan, Japanese, Microsoft, Polish, Russian, Similarly, To, Windows
related to System requirements · 10
Windows 3.1 → Hayes, It, MB, Multi-Tech, PC, RAM, The, To, Trail Blazer, Windows
related to Windows 3.11 · 8
Windows 3.1 → As, IBM's OS/2, It, Microsoft, November, OEM, Released, Windows
related to Windows for Pen Computing · 8
Windows 3.1 → GO Corporation, Microsoft, PCs, Pen Computing, PenPoint OS, The, Windows, Windows SDK

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windows also microsoft system introduced version operating released workgroups 11 software versions support received 1993 files could users use first

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Windows 3.1DeveloperMicrosoft1.00infobox
Windows 3.1Final release3.11 / November 8, 1993; 32 years ago (1993-11-08)1.00infobox
Windows 3.1Kernel typeMonolithic1.00infobox
Windows 3.1LicenseCommercial software1.00infobox
Windows 3.1Preceded byWindows 3.0 (1990)1.00infobox
Windows 3.1Released to manufacturingApril 6, 1992; 34 years ago (1992-04-06)1.00infobox
Windows 3.1RetailUnsupported as of December 31, 2001 (2001-12-31).1.00infobox
Windows 3.1Source modelClosed source1.00infobox
Windows 3.1Succeeded byWindows 95 (1995)1.00infobox
Windows 3.1Succeeded byWindows NT 3.1 (1993)1.00infobox
Windows 3.1WFW 3.11 embeddedUnsupported as of November 1, 2008 (2008-11-01).1.00infobox
Windows 3.1Working stateNo longer supported1.00infobox
Windows 3.1is aconsumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft0.90text

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