As of 2024, the only active top-level family is Windows NT. The first version, Windows NT 3.1, was intended for
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The term Windows collectively describes any or all of several generations of Microsoft operating system products. These products are generally categorized as follows:
The history of Windows dates back to 1981 when Micro… See more

Up to and including every version before Windows 2000, Microsoft used an in-house version control system named Source Library Manager (SLM). Shortly after Windows 2000 was released, Microsoft switched t… See more

Use of Windows 10 has exceeded Windows 7 globally since early 2018.
For desktop and laptop computers, according to Net Applications and StatCounter (which track the use of operating s… See more

Early versions of Windows were designed at a time where malware and networking were less common, and had few built-in security features; they did not provide access privileges to allow a user to prevent other user… See more

Owing to the operating system's popularity, a number of applications have been released that aim to provide compatibility with Windows applications, either as a compatibility layer for another operating system, or … See more

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