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'''Windows''' is a series of [[operating system]]s produced and maintained by the [[Microsoft Corporation]]. It was estimated that as of December 2007<ref>[http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp OS Statistics]. Refsnes Data. Retrieved 29 January 2008.</ref> Microsoft Windows accounted for nearly 90% of operating system usage, with 3 out of 4 being [[Windows XP]]. Windows is used for desktop, and [[server]] computers,<ref>[http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/default.mspx Windows Server 2003 R2 Home]. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 29 January 2008.</ref> and more recently also for [[cellular phone]]s and tablet computers. It is intended for use with the [[Intel]] x86-64 family of processors.

'''Windows''' is a series of [[operating system]]s produced and maintained by the [[Microsoft Corporation]]. It was estimated that as of December 2007<ref>[http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp OS Statistics]. Refsnes Data. Retrieved 29 January 2008.</ref> Microsoft Windows accounted for nearly 90% of operating system usage, with 3 out of 4 being [[Windows XP]]. Windows is used for desktop, and [[server]] computers,<ref>[http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/default.mspx Windows Server 2003 R2 Home]. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 29 January 2008.</ref> and more recently also for [[cellular phone]]s and tablet computers. It is intended for use with the [[Intel]] x86-64 family of processors.

Early versions of Windows (98 and earlier) were notoriously unreliable, despite (or maybe because of?) Microsoft's near-monopoly share of the operating system market. They crashed so often that the term "blue screen of death" entered the vocabulary. ''See also this satire: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX8yrOAjfKM&feature=related  Matrix Runs on Windows XP]''

Early versions of Windows (98 and earlier) were notoriously unreliable, despite (or maybe because of?) Microsoft's near-monopoly share of the operating system market. They crashed so often that the term "blue screen of death" entered the vocabulary. ''See also this satire: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX8yrOAjfKM&feature=related  Matrix Runs on Windows XP]''

Initially Windows was a text-based system (MS-DOS).  Then a [[Graphical User Interface]] extension was added onto this MS-DOS core<ref>[http://www.microsoft.com/windows/WinHistoryProGraphic.mspx Windows History: Windows Desktop Timeline]. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 29 January 2008.</ref> It became a full GUI operating system free of the MS-DOS core beginning with the release of Windows NT.

Initially Windows was a text-based system (MS-DOS).  Then a [[Graphical User Interface]] extension was added onto this MS-DOS core<ref>[http://www.microsoft.com/windows/WinHistoryProGraphic.mspx Windows History: Windows Desktop Timeline]. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 29 January 2008.</ref> It became a full GUI operating system free of the MS-DOS core beginning with the release of Windows NT.

| '''[[Windows 10]]''' || NT 6.4<ref>http://windowsitpro.com/windows-10/windows-10s-inventoried-version-number</ref>  || July 29, 2015 ||  

| '''[[Windows 10]]''' || NT 6.4<ref>http://windowsitpro.com/windows-10/windows-10s-inventoried-version-number</ref>  || July 29, 2015 ||  

*Designed to collect personal information and customize itself based on preferences

*Designed to collect personal information and customize itself based on preferences

*270 million copies of version 10 are in use as of March 2016.<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-nadella-idUSKCN0WW21Q Microsoft's Windows 10 reaches 270 million users, no mobile numbers, Reuters, March 30, 2016]</ref>

*270 million copies of version 10 are in use as of March 2016.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-nadella-idUSKCN0WW21Q Microsoft's Windows 10 reaches 270 million users, no mobile numbers, Reuters, March 30, 2016]</ref>

*Extended support ends October 14, 2025

*Extended support ends October 14, 2025

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