What (who) is Microsoft Windows - definition
FAMILY OF COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS DEVELOPED BY MICROSOFT
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![Versions before Windows 95 had to be installed from [[floppy disk]]s by end users (or in professional environments with a network installation), here Windows for Workgroups with nine 3.5-inch-disks to be inserted sequentially.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11 mit 9 Setup HD-Disketten.jpg?width=200 "Versions before Windows 95 had to be installed from [[floppy disk]]s by end users (or in professional environments with a network installation), here Windows for Workgroups with nine 3.5-inch-disks to be inserted sequentially.")
![[[Windows 3.0]], released in 1990](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Windows 3.0 workspace.png?width=200 "[[Windows 3.0]], released in 1990")
.svg?width=200 "Windows logo, 1995")
Microsoft Windows
<operating system> Microsoft's proprietary window system
and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top
of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence
"Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available
then.
The 1996 market share of operating systems was:
DOS/Windows 70%
Windows 95 15%
Windows NT 2%
Other 13%
[Current shares? ]
The version history goes something like: 1985 Windows 1,
1987 Windows 2, 1987 Windows/386, 1990 Windows 3.0, 1992
Windows 3.1, 1992 Windows for Workgroups 3.1, 1993
Windows 3.11, 1993 Windows for Workgroups 3.11, 1993
Windows NT 3.1, 1994 Windows NT 3.5, 1995 Windows 95,
199? Windows NT 4, 1998 Windows 98, ? Windows NT 5.
Usenet newsgroups:
news:comp.os.ms-windows.comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.comp.os.ms-windows.announce,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.comm,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.compatibility.win95,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.financial,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.misc,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.utilities,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.utilities.win3x,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.utilities.win95,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.winsock.mail,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.winsock.misc,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.winsock.news,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.word-proc,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.misc,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.networking.ras,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.networking.win95,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.networking.windows,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.misc,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.networking,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.announce,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.pre-release,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.hardware,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.misc,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.software.backoffice,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.software.compatibility,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.software.services,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.pre-release,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.controls,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.graphics,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.memory,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.multimedia,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.networks,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.nt.kernel-mode,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.ole,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.mfc,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.misc,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.owl,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.winsock,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.vxd,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.winhelp,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.setup,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.setup.win3x,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.setup.win95,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.video,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,
news:comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup,
news:comp.binaries.ms-windows.
(1998-10-15)
Windows
<operating system> See Microsoft Windows, Windows NT.
(1997-11-23)
MS-Windows
Wikipedia
Microsoft Windows
Windows is a group of several proprietary graphical operating system families developed and marketed by Microsoft. Each family caters to a certain sector of the computing industry. For example, Windows NT for consumers, Windows Server for servers, and Windows IoT for embedded systems. Defunct Windows families include Windows 9x, Windows Mobile, and Windows Phone.
The first version of Windows was released on November 20, 1985, as a graphical operating system shell for MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs).
Windows is the most popular desktop operating system in the world, with 75% market share as of April 2022, according to StatCounter. However, Windows is not the most used operating system when including both mobile and desktop OSes, due to Android's massive growth.
As of September 2022, the most recent version of Windows is Windows 11 for consumer PCs and tablets, Windows 11 Enterprise for corporations, and Windows Server 2022 for servers.
Pronunciation examples for Microsoft Windows
1. is to Microsoft Windows.
How to Have a Bad Career _ David Patterson _ Talks at Google
2. of Microsoft Windows 2000 --
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3. Microsoft Windows. It was in a closed environment.
The Laws of Disruption _ Larry Downes _ Talks at Google
4. AUDIENCE: So you mentioned that during the Microsoft Windows
How The Cult of The Dead Cow Helped Shape Modern Cybersecurity _ Joseph Menn _ Talks at Google
5. and they heard the Microsoft Windows startup noise.
The Greatest Maths Mistakes _ Matt Parker _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of Microsoft Windows
1. PC suffered buffer overflow attempt to subvert web server built into Microsoft Windows.
2. The worms took advantage of a flaw in the Microsoft Windows operating system.
3. Google has already targeted people using Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP, who account for the majority of the desktop market.
4. To save money, it will run off the free Linux operating system instead of a proprietary system like Microsoft Windows.
5. The computer was subjected to a hijack attempt by subverting the web server built into Microsoft Windows.