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Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft Windows
Screenshot of Windows 10 (Anniversary Update), showing the Action Center and Start Menu
DeveloperMicrosoftWritten inC, C++, Assembly[1]Working statePublicly releasedSource modelClosed / shared sourceInitial releaseNovember 20, 1985; 30 years ago, as Windows 1.0Latest release1607 (10.0.14393.105)(August 31, 2016; 6 days ago) [±]Latest preview1607 (10.0.14915.1000)(August 31, 2016; 6 days ago) [±]Marketing targetPersonal computingAvailable in137 languages[2]Update method
Package managerWindows Installer (.msi),Windows Store (.appx)[3]PlatformsARM, IA-32, Itanium, x86-64,DEC Alpha, MIPS, PowerPCKernel type
Windows NT family: HybridWindows 9x and earlier:Monolithic (MS-DOS)
Default user interfaceWindows shellLicenseProprietary commercial softwareOfficial websitewindows.microsoft.com
Microsoft Windows (or simply Windows) is a metafamily of graphical operating systemsdeveloped, marketed, and sold by Microsoft. It consists of several families of operating systems, each of which cater to a certain sector of the computing industry. Active Windows families include Windows NT,Windows Embedded and Windows Phone; these may encompass subfamilies, e.g.Windows Embedded Compact (Windows CE) or Windows Server. Defunct Windows families include Windows 9x; Windows 10 Mobile is an active product, unrelated to the defunct family Windows Mobile.
Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985, as a graphical operating system shell for MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs).[4]Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world’s personal computer (PC) market withover 90% market share, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced in 1984. On PCs, Windows is still the most popular operating system. However, in 2014, Microsoft admitted losing the majority of the overall operating system market to Android,[5] because of the massive growth in sales of Androidsmartphones. In 2014, the number of Windows devices sold were less than 25% of Android devices sold. This comparisons, however, may not be fully relevant as the two operating systems traditionally targeted different platforms.
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