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While initially Windows was merely a [[graphical user interface]] extension to [[MS-DOS]] shell<ref>[http://www.microsoft.com/windows/WinHistoryProGraphic.mspx Windows History: Windows Desktop Timeline]. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 29 January, 2008.</ref>, it became a full operating system beginning with the release of Windows NT.
 
While initially Windows was merely a [[graphical user interface]] extension to [[MS-DOS]] shell<ref>[http://www.microsoft.com/windows/WinHistoryProGraphic.mspx Windows History: Windows Desktop Timeline]. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 29 January, 2008.</ref>, it became a full operating system beginning with the release of Windows NT.
  
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==Windows Versions==
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Name !! Version Number !! Date of Release !! Notes !! Editions
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| [[Windows 1.0]] || 1.04 ||  ||  || 
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|-
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| [[Windows 2.0]] || 2.11 ||  ||  || 
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|-
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| [[Windows 3.0]] || 3.0 ||  ||  ||
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|-
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| [[Windows 3.1]] || 3.1 || April 1992 ||  ||
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* Windows 3.1
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* Windows for Workgroups 3.1 (October 1992)
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|-
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| [[Windows 3.2]] ||  ||  || Chinese version of [[Windows 3.1]] ||
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|-
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| [[Windows NT 3.1]] || 3.10.528 ||  27 July 1993  ||  ||
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* Workstation
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* Advanced Server
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|-
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| [[Windows NT 3.5]] || 3.5.807 ||  ||  || 
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* Workstation
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* Server
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|-
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| [[Windows NT 3.51]] || 3.51.1057 || May 30, 1995 ||  || 
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* Workstation
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* Server
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|-
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| [[Windows NT 4.0]] ||  || July 29, 1996 ||  || 
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* Workstation
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* Server
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* Server Enterprise
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* Terminal Server Edition
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|-
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| [[Windows 95]] || 4.0.950 ||  ||  || 
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|-
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| [[Windows CE 1.0]] ||  ||  ||  || 
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|-
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| [[Windows CE 2.0 ]] ||  ||  ||  || 
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|-
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| [[Windows NT Workstation 4.0]] || 4.0.1381 ||  ||  || 
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|-
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| [[Windows 98]] || 4.1.1998 ||  ||  || 
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|-
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| [[Windows 98 Second Edition]] || 4.1.2222 ||  ||  || 
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|-
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| [[Windows CE 2.1]] ||  ||  ||  || 
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|-
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| [[Windows CE 3.0]] ||  ||  ||  || 
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|-
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| [[Windows ME]] || 4.90.3000 || September 14, 2000 ||  || 
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|-
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| [[Windows 2000]] || 5.0.2195 ||  ||  || 
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* Professional
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* Server
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* Advanced Server
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* Datacenter Server
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|-
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| [[Windows XP]] || 5.1.2600 ||  October 25, 2001 ||  || 
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* Starter
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* Home
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* Professional
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* Professional x64
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* Media Center 2002
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* Media Center 2004
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* Media Center 2005
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* Tablet PC
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* Embedded
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|-
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| [[Windows Server 2003]] ||  ||  2003 ||  || 
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|-
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| [[Windows Server 2003 R2]] ||  ||  2006 ||  || 
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|-
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| [[Windows Vista]] || 6.0.6000 || January 30, 2007 ||  || 
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* Starter
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* Home Basic
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* Home Premium
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* Business
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* Ultimate
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* Enterprise
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|-
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| [[Windows Server 2008]] ||  || 2008 ||  || 
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|-
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| [[Windows 7]] || 6.1.7600 || October 22, 2009 ||  || 
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* Home Basic
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* Home Premium
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* Professional
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* Enterprise
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* Ultimate
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* Thin PC
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|-
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| [[Windows Server 2008 R2]] ||  || 2010 ||  || 
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|-
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| [[Windows Server 2012]] ||  || 2012 ||  || 
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|-
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| [[Windows 8]] ||  || October 26, 2012 ||  || 
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* Standard
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* Professional
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* Enterprise
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|-
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| [[Windows Server 2012 R2]] ||  || 2013 ||  || 
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|-
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| [[Windows 8.1]] ||  || October 17, 2013 || Update to 8.0 which included the Start button  || 
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* Standard
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* Professional
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* Enterprise
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|-
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| [[Windows 10]] ||  || July 29, 2015 ||  || 
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* Home
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* Professional
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* Enterprise
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* Education
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* Mobile
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* Mobile Enterprise
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* IoT Core
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|-
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| [[Windows Server 2016]] ||  || 2016  ||  || 
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|}
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<ref>http://www.nextofwindows.com/a-list-of-windows-operating-system-version-number</ref><ref>http://www.computerhope.com/whow.htm</ref><ref>http://www.carrona.org/winreldt.html#31</ref><ref>http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/history#T1=era0</ref>
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
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* [[Windows 98]]
 
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* [[Windows 2000]]
 
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* [[Windows XP]]
 
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* [[Windows Vista]]
 
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* [[Windows 7]]
 
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* [[Windows 8]]
 
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* [[Windows 10]]
 
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* [[Linux]]
 
* [[Linux]]
 
* [[Tails (operating system)|Tails Secure Anonymous Operating System]]
 
* [[Tails (operating system)|Tails Secure Anonymous Operating System]]

Revision as of 21:48, January 11, 2016

Windows is a series of operating systems produced and maintained by Microsoft Corporation. It was estimated that as of December 2007[1] Microsoft Windows accounted for nearly 90% of operating system usage, with 3 out of 4 being to the Windows XP. Windows is used both as a desktop operating system and a server[2] operating system, and 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: Matrix Runs on Windows XP

While initially Windows was merely a graphical user interface extension to MS-DOS shell[3], it became a full operating system beginning with the release of Windows NT.

Windows Versions

Name Version Number Date of Release Notes Editions
Windows 1.0 1.04
Windows 2.0 2.11
Windows 3.0 3.0
Windows 3.1 3.1 April 1992
  • Windows 3.1
  • Windows for Workgroups 3.1 (October 1992)
Windows 3.2 Chinese version of Windows 3.1
Windows NT 3.1 3.10.528 27 July 1993
  • Workstation
  • Advanced Server
Windows NT 3.5 3.5.807
  • Workstation
  • Server
Windows NT 3.51 3.51.1057 May 30, 1995
  • Workstation
  • Server
Windows NT 4.0 July 29, 1996
  • Workstation
  • Server
  • Server Enterprise
  • Terminal Server Edition
Windows 95 4.0.950
Windows CE 1.0
Windows CE 2.0
Windows NT Workstation 4.0 4.0.1381
Windows 98 4.1.1998
Windows 98 Second Edition 4.1.2222
Windows CE 2.1
Windows CE 3.0
Windows ME 4.90.3000 September 14, 2000
Windows 2000 5.0.2195
  • Professional
  • Server
  • Advanced Server
  • Datacenter Server
Windows XP 5.1.2600 October 25, 2001
  • Starter
  • Home
  • Professional
  • Professional x64
  • Media Center 2002
  • Media Center 2004
  • Media Center 2005
  • Tablet PC
  • Embedded
Windows Server 2003 2003
Windows Server 2003 R2 2006
Windows Vista 6.0.6000 January 30, 2007
  • Starter
  • Home Basic
  • Home Premium
  • Business
  • Ultimate
  • Enterprise
Windows Server 2008 2008
Windows 7 6.1.7600 October 22, 2009
  • Home Basic
  • Home Premium
  • Professional
  • Enterprise
  • Ultimate
  • Thin PC
Windows Server 2008 R2 2010
Windows Server 2012 2012
Windows 8 October 26, 2012
  • Standard
  • Professional
  • Enterprise
Windows Server 2012 R2 2013
Windows 8.1 October 17, 2013 Update to 8.0 which included the Start button
  • Standard
  • Professional
  • Enterprise
Windows 10 July 29, 2015
  • Home
  • Professional
  • Enterprise
  • Education
  • Mobile
  • Mobile Enterprise
  • IoT Core
Windows Server 2016 2016


[4][5][6][7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ OS Statistics. Refsnes Data. Retrieved 29 January, 2008.
  2. ↑ Windows Server 2003 R2 Home. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 29 January, 2008.
  3. ↑ Windows History: Windows Desktop Timeline. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 29 January, 2008.
  4. ↑ http://www.nextofwindows.com/a-list-of-windows-operating-system-version-number
  5. ↑ http://www.computerhope.com/whow.htm
  6. ↑ http://www.carrona.org/winreldt.html#31
  7. ↑ http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/history#T1=era0

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